Environment

Disaster-resilient building to rise in Ormoc

ORMOC CITY-- A new disaster-resilient multipurpose building funded by non-government organizations will soon rise in a secondary school campus in this city. Officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking on Thursday for the PHP2-million multipurpose...

UN Chief: Scientists say extreme storms will be ‘new normal’

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is heading to the hurricane-battered Caribbean, where he said Wednesday that scientists predict the extreme storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season "will be the...

Catbalogan heightens red tide watch

CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar -- The city government has stepped up monitoring of shellfish trade here as red tide toxin continues to plague some bays in the province in the past five...

DENR orders probe into Manila Bay discharge

QUEZON CITY – The Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered an “urgent, thorough and full investigation” into the dumping into the Manila Bay of voluminous solid wastes coming...

Villar asks the public to protect Laguna de Bay

Sen. Cynthia A. Villar, chair of the Senate agriculture and food committee, urged the public to protect Laguna de Bay, which she considers "a throbbing lifeline of our country," and to...

Road to the famous Vayang Rolling Hills in Batanes gets major upgrade

Visiting the famed Vayang Rolling Hills is now easier as the Department of Public Works and Highways - Batanes District Engineering Office (DPWH-BDEO) recently completed its road upgrading project leading to...

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