Environment

Townsfolk want end to grass burning along Ilocos Norte river

LAOAG CITY—The unabated burning of cogon grass along the Padsan river in this city has reached the attention of local authorities here after residents from neighboring San Nicolas town sought their...

Biz group: Unjust to close Boracay

BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- A group of business owners here said it was “unjust” to close the entire island of Boracay. The Boracay Foundation Inc. (BFI), in a statement released on Monday evening,...

Talks of cooperation on SCS marine protection, oil, ‘productive’

MANILA -- The governments of the Philippines and China on Tuesday had a "productive" discussion on strengthening cooperation in areas of marine environmental protection, fisheries, marine scientific research (MSR), and on oil...

PH actively joins 3rd Int’l Year of the Reef

MANILA -- Being an archipelago hoping to save its reefs from further degradation, the Philippines is actively celebrating the 2018 International Year of the Reef (IYOR), which is just the world's third,...

DENR seeks new tech to boost LGUs’ solid waste drive

MANILA -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is seeking more technologies that will help local government units (LGUs) nationwide undertake solid waste management (SWM). "We'll be looking into new technologies for...

DENR-2 beefs up environmental law enforcement

TUGUEGARAO CITY -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 2 has set the ground for intensified environmental law enforcement following the Expanded Regional Management Conference held Wednesday at...

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