The Cebu City Parks and Playgrounds Commission will start pruning roadside trees along Ś. Osmena road tomorrow. Arlie Gesta, Parks and Playgrounds administrator, said more than 50 trees will be pruned along the side of the road…
THE remaining trees along the center island of S. Osmeña road in Cebu City will soon have a better chance of surviving. It took one meeting for stakeholders to finally agree to proceed with earth-balling 20 remaining…
The Cebu provincial government is willing to help Cebu City and the regional Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) replace the 79 trees that went missing from the center island along S. Osmeña road in April…
Part 2 After blowing the whistle on the disappearance of trees that were uprooted overnight a year ago along S. Osmeña road, Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera now wants the remaining trees to be earth-balled. The councilor,…
Part 1 It has been almost a year since 79 trees along the S. Osmeña Road have perished and it looks like those that are still standing will soon follow, if nothing is done. With roadworks going…
No special permit to cut 65 trees of Gmelina, mahogany; Area cleared for gov’t project The district hospital in Pinamungajan, western Cebu was ordered to stop cutting trees for its expansion project because it lacks a tree…
The Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed the criminal case filed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 against a contractor accused of uprooting 79 trees in the center island of S. Osmeña Road…
What happens if a motorist driving along the national road in southern Cebu from Naga to Carcar doesn’t notice these trees sticking out of the road? They aren’t visible at night. No warning signs are in…
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said he will issue a permanent protection order for the 21 trees that were spared from cutting when land was cleared for a sports oval project of the Naga City government. “He (Paje)…
Parties opposed to the cutting of 58 trees in a lot being developed into an international standard athletic field in Naga City are elevating the issue directly to Environment Secretary Ramon Paje. This was confirmed by Winley…
The ongoing debate over the cutting of trees in various parts of Cebu underscores a confusion over our development path. This confusion was addressed more than two decades ago. The global soul searching for the balance between…
A total of 2,900 trees will be planted in an upland barangay ihn Naga City to replace 58 trees that were cut down in the premises of the Naga Central School last week for a track oval…
