Environment

DENR says team to validate Region 8 reforestation program

TACLOBAN CITY -- A private firm will check thousands of hectares planted with trees in Eastern Visayas under the government’s “National Greening Program (NGP)”, an official of the Department of Environment and...

Natural seaweed farming pushed in Palawan

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved here a resolution urging municipal agriculture officers to promote and encourage the natural farming of seaweeds and avoid the use of fertilizers. The measure,...

Surigao ‘plogging’ nets over 1,500-kilo trash

SURIGAO CITY--This city has caught up with the latest pro-environment fitness trend called "plogging", or jogging while picking up trash. Organizers said a total of 1,500 kilos of assorted litter were collected...

DENR ready to sue LGUs sans sanitary landfill

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Tuesday said that complaints are ready for filing against some local government units (LGUs) in Negros Oriental before...

Crackdown on illegal mines begins

BAGUIO -- A crackdown on illegal mining operations has begun in Mountain Province, following President Rodrigo Duterte's order against such activities nationwide. In a report received on Thursday, Mountain Province Police Director Senior...

PENRO issues 594 notices of violations to Pangasinan establishments

BOLINAO, Pangasinan -- The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) has issued 594 notices of violations to establishments, ranging from residential areas to beach resorts, found violating the Water Code. PENR Officer...

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