Poro parish church urges gov’t: Don’t chop down our trees

By Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A parish church in Poro, Camotes Island in northern Cebu wants to save dozens of decades-old trees that stand in the way of road widening projects there. The Sto. Niño de Poro Parish…

Why is it important to conserve mangroves and what happens if we lose these?

Dianne Zarina G. Savillo, Rhobie A. Ruaya 03/25/2023

Just like any other trees, mangroves play a vital role in the well-being of nature. However, they also share the same fate as the trees that are found on land for they are also disappearing rapidly due…

‘Jubilee for the Environment’ tree-planting yields 3.5T trees in 10 months

PR 12/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –An environment-oriented celebration of 500 Years of Christianity resulted in growing more than 3,500 trees in a series of five tree-planting activities that involved 10 organizations in what was once a mined-out area in…

Report old trees that need to be cut down, Mandaue firemen urge residents

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/04/2022

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Fire Office is encouraging residents to request or report to the barangay if there are trees that need to be cut down. The call was made after a couple…

Mandaue City ready for DILG’s road clearing validation

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/16/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City is now ready for the actual validation by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on the city’s road clearing operations this February 23, 2021. On Tuesday, February 16, the…

The true meaning of trees

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 10/19/2020

Seven months of quarantine restrictions have given me and my wife the time to embark on a wonderful hobby that we would not have been able to do under the work schedule I had before the pandemic.…

Road widening in N. Bacalso to continue after tree issues

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) will proceed with the road widening at N. Bacalso National Highway after two months of hiatus following the refusal of the city…

71 trees to find new homes in parks in Cebu City — Guardo

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Another 71 trees will have to go to pave way for development, but in this case, the trees will find new homes in the Cebu City parks. Councilor Jerry Guardo, chairperson for the…

Guardo: 122 trees along N. Bacalso Avenue need to be cut, transferred

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo, chairman of the City Council’s committee on infrastructure, said that they had already inspected  the 122 trees that would be cut or earth-balled along the N. Bacalso Avenue…

Tree Pathologist: Let 21 trees in Naga live, 7 have to go

Rosalie Abatayo 10/22/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines —  “Let 21 trees live.” This was the recommendation of Dr. Ernesto Militante, a tree pathologist, who assessed the conditions of the trees along the Naga City roads that were due for cutting.…

Palma: Replace 1 cut tree with 100 new seedlings

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said that he does not approve of the recent cutting of roadside trees in the southern part of Cebu province, but the prelate said that he understands the need…

‘Running priest’ is in Naga City, Cebu to help fight against ‘EJK of trees’

Rosalie Abatayo 10/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environmentalist priest Fr. Roberto Reyes will run along the national highway of Naga City, Cebu on Thursday, October 17, 2019, to protest against the scheduled cutting of 32 century-old trees. Reyes said the…

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