DENR appeals anew for copy of tree video

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/11/2014

The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7)  has renewed its request for a copy of the footage of a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera recording from the Cebu City government that may have…

Capitol lawyer to contest ruling on Argao trees

Peter L. Romanillos 06/21/2014

THE Provincial Legal Office is ready to file a motion for reconsideration on the court decision that upheld the order of the environment department to stop a road project that resulted in the illegal cutting of 374…

Court denies Argao govt petition to lift DENR stoppage order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/19/2014

The Regional Trial Court denied the Argao municipal government’s petition to cancel the road project stoppage order issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). In his June 9 order, RTC Judge Maximo Perez said…

DPWH 7 rapped again for cutting trees without permit

05/20/2014

Adry stump about five feet high is all that’s left of a towering old “balete” tree that was cut down without a permit and replanted in reclaimed land in Cebu City. For this illegal removal, a second…

A visit to the Bonsai village

Ram Alcoseba-Martinez 05/11/2014

Omiya (“grand shrine”) gets its name from the Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine,  said to have a history of more than 2,000 years  and one of the greatest  old shrines in Japan. The village of Omiya is located…

Contractor, engineer charged; DENR orders to replace lost trees with 7,900 trees

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/17/2014

Two weeks after a long row of fire trees disappeared from the center of S. Osmeña Road,  charges of illegal destruction were filed against the private contractor rehabilitating the national road. The Department of Environment and Natural…

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