Plant trees, faithful urged

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 06/20/2017

The Catholic faithful and even non-Catholics were invited to plant trees in Cebu whenever they celebrate weddings, baptisms and other important milestones in their lives. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said this during yesterday’s launching of the Cebu…

EARTHBALLING BRT TREES

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/28/2017

  The shade provided by the trees near her home in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City, has made the summer heat bearable for 72-year-old Teresita Ruiz. She said these trees were just the handful that remained from those…

Cimatu stops Palawan nickel mining firm from cutting trees

Inquirer.net 05/19/2017

BROOKE’S POINT, Palawan — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu ordered on Friday Ipilan Nickel Corp. (INC) to stop its tree cutting activities following an inspection of the company’s mining tenement. Cimatu also urged the company to face up…

Group opposes plan to cut trees along BRT routes

Intern 05/18/2017

A CIVIL society group called on the Cebu City government not to cut the 2,166 trees along the routes covered by the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, saying the trees have been integral in protecting the city…

Proponents assure no trees will be harmed

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/17/2017

BRT PUBLIC HEARING The hundreds of trees that will be affected by Cebu City’s P10-billion Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project will not die even if they are uprooted and transplanted to other areas. Such was the assurance…

Private sector supports plan to earthball trees

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/15/2017

BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) IT is a price of development that Cebu’s private sector understands – full grown trees along roads will have to be removed to widen the city’s streets to give way for buses. But…

CITY TO EARTHBALL TREES

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/14/2017

Bus RaPid transit (BRT) Corridor They may not be in the same spot anymore, but the over 2,000 trees that will be affected by the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project will continue to live. Cebu City…

Running priest: Don’t cut trees along BRT route

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/08/2017

  Running priest Fr. Roberto Reyes is urging the Cebu City government not to cut the trees that might be affected by the Cebu Bus Rapit Transit (BRT) project. Reyes said he was planning to tie white…

Trees of UP Cebu

Jason A. Baguia 05/05/2017

Now is a good time to look at the trees at the Lahug campus of the University of the Philippines Cebu. A tree that glows with purple bouquets, whose name I still do not know, dabs soil…

DENR-7 suggests “earthballing” trees along BRT route

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/04/2017

UPROOT trees carefully and move them elsewhere to give way to urbanization. Such might be the best solution to preserve nature as Cebu City tackles effects that a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system will have on the…

About those trees and Ma’am Gina’s exit

Stephen D. Capillas 05/04/2017

It remains to be seen whether we’ll see any sort of public opposition to plans by the Cebu City government to cut down over 2,000 trees found along the route of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.…

Village chief, helper arrested for illegal cutting of trees

Rene F. Alima 05/02/2017

A barangay captain and the president of the Association of Barangay Captains in Sibonga and his helper were arrested for illegal cutting of trees at around 11 p.m. on Monday at Barangay Poblacion, Sibonga, Cebu. Guimbangkoan barangay…

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