Environment

Waste management training held to protect Palawan waters

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- Village leaders in this city attended an ecological solid waste management (ESWM) training session to prevent garbage from polluting marine protected areas. Bonifacio Tobias, project manager of the...

Cimatu orders review of all ‘Minahang Bayan’ applications

MANILA -- Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has ordered the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to “revisit and validate” all applications for People’s Small-Scale Mining Areas or “Minahang Bayan” sites across the...

DENR urged to enforce suspension vs large-scale mines

MANILA — An official of the National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA)/Caritas Philippines on Tuesday urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to sustain its earlier closure order issued against...

Boracay eyed as model in rehabilitating CAR mined-out areas

MANILA -- A Boracay Island rehabilitation model will be used in rectifying the small-scale mining practices and assist miners to be affected by the suspension of all small-scale mining operations in Cordillera...

DENR suspends small-scale mining operations in Cordillera

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu on Monday ordered the suspension of all small-scale mining operations in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) following a...

DENR Calabarzon seeks volunteers’ help in ‘Ompong’ disaster ops

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 4-A (Calabarzon) on Friday called on volunteers from Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon provinces to assist in their disaster...

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