Mindanao’s Higaonon tribesmen are appealing to President Rodrigo Duterte to help them protect and preserve the hidden giant waterfalls in the boundaries of Bukidnon, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte. In Davao City, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Emmanuel … Continue reading Tribe seeks Duterte’s intervention to protect Limunsudan Falls
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has assured the public that there is enough food in public markets and through outlets of DA-initiated “Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita,” and “FishDA on the Go” as some areas in Metro Manila are placed … Continue reading AGGIE CHIEF DAR: ‘Don’t panic, we have enough food’
Protecting the Environment for the People! A working group focusing on the protection of the Asik-Asik Falls in North Cotabato was created February 20, 2020 in Davao City. The Alamada Watershed Council is comprised of the local government unit of … Continue reading TASK FORCE FORMED TO PRESERVE ASIK-ASIK WATERALLS
The local government of CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY started enforcing Thursday a full ban of plastic use in all commercial establishments. Through the City Local Environment and Natural Resources Office (Clenro), the implementation is part of the City Ordinance 13378-2018 … Continue reading CDO starts full ban on plastic use in establishments
Panelo twits Leni: Expose has nothing to do with aid for quake victims Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Tuesday rebuked Vice President Leni Robredo for postponing anew the release of her findings into the Duterte administration’s drug war to prioritize … Continue reading ROBREDO RATTLED BY DAVAO QUAKE; POSTPONES RELEASE OF ANTI-DRUG REPORT
Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has urged developed countries to fully commit in jointly mobilizing USD100 billion dollars a year in climate finance to help nations vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Legarda, who heads the Philippine delegation to the … Continue reading Legarda calls for global commitment for climate finance
PH to pursue climate justice in COP25 talks House Deputy Speaker Antique Representative Loren Legarda will push for the country’s achievement of climate justice in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement during the United Nations climate change conference, 25th Conference … Continue reading LEGARDA IN UN CLIMATE CHANGE GAB IN SPAIN
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) has cautioned residents over the weekend about the possible spread of “unhealthy smog” in the area due to the raging forest fires in Indonesia. In … Continue reading FOREST FIRE: WARNING UP VS. INDONESIAN SMOG IN MINDANAO
NIA, DENR sign MOA for watershed management The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the effective management and development of the 143 watersheds supporting … Continue reading PHILIPPINES’ WATERSHED AREAS CONSERVATION EFFORTS BOOSTED
Residents of two villages in Davao City are up in arms against the City Hall Business Bureau for allowing the operation of a dressing plant that has tormented villagers with nasal torture from obnoxious odor spewed out by the facility. … Continue reading DAVAO CITY BUSINESS BUREAU SLAMMED FOR CLOSING EYES VS. “OBNOXIOUS” DRESSING PLANT
‘We need to build public ethic that respects nature’ Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has underscored the need for fresh efforts to instill in the public consciousness the importance of a mutually beneficial relationship between man and nature, which is … Continue reading DOCUMENTARY: TO SAVE THE PHILIPPINE EAGLE BY NEIL RETTIG
