Desiltation eyed as ‘immediate solution’ to floodings in province

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial Government is planning to conduct desiltation in some of the largest tributaries here as part of their ‘immediate solutions’ to floodings. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, together with local chief executives and…

Corals in Alcoy destroyed by heavy siltation from fallen crushed dolomites — Penro

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) found that corals within the 500 meters of seawater in Alcoy town southern Cebu were destroyed because of heavy siltation caused by crushed dolomites that fell…

PCG to Penro: Clarify status of Oslob station ‘encroaching’ easement zone

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard District in Central Visayas wanted to clarify with Cebu Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) the status of their southern Cebu station in Oslob town that is said…

Penro to start marking of Oslob structures violating easement zone

Rosalie Abatayo 03/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) will start next week the marking of illegal structures along the shores of four barangays in Oslob town, southern Cebu that need to be torn…

Capitol sends out inspection teams to check on quarry sites

Rosalie Abatayo 09/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Capitol has sent out three teams from the Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) and the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) to inspect the quarry sites around the province. The PEO-led inspectors…

Carido: MGB permittees exempt from Capitol quarry suspension

Rosalie Abatayo 07/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Central Visayas (MGB-7) has deputized local government units and police and maritime authorities to intensify the implementation of mining laws in Central Visayas. This was made after…

Operators may need to rehabilitate quarry sites before ban will be lifted

Rosalie Abatayo 07/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Quarry operators in Cebu province may need to rehabilitate first the sites where they operate before the Capitol will allow them to resume operations. Governor Gwendolyn Gacia said two teams from the Capitol…

Penro’s P8.9M plastic shredder project, a ‘white elephant’?

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  At least 19 units of shredding machines worth P8.9 million may be rendered useless as these pieces of equipment do not match the electrical service types of the recipient towns and cities. The…

Gwen orders halt on all small-scale quarry operations in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 07/01/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—There will be no quarrying activities in the whole of Cebu Province starting Monday, July 1, 2019.  This after Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has issued a memorandum directing the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro)…

Clean-up of Bulacao river set on Feb. 22

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/30/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – The down stream of the Bulacao River, one of the “dead” rivers identified by state environmental officers, will undergo a clean-up and will then be placed under monitoring.  Ma. Nida Cabrera, chief of…

Penro mulls filing case vs lot owner of collapsed tunnel 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/03/2019

SIBULAN, NEGROS ORIENTAL–The Negros Oriental Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) is mulling to file charges against the owner of the property where a tunnel collapsed and buried three miners at Barangay Booc-booc in Sibulan town,…

PDRRMO, PENRO investigate reports of soil erosion in Lagtang, Talisay

Rosalie Abatayo and Zena Magto 10/23/2018

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) and the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO) have sent personnel to check and assess a part of Barangay Lagtang in Talisay City where boulders and soil have…

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