Environment

PRRD awaits Cimatu ‘suggestion’ on Boracay issue

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte will be waiting for the recommendation of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu to address Boracay's environmental woes, Malacanang said Monday. In...

P20-M agro-fishery lab center to rise in NegOcc

BACOLOD CITY -- A PHP20-million agro-fishery laboratory center under the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) will rise in Negros Occidental this year. “There is a need for the province to improve its...

2018 Earth Hour to highlight biodiversity protection

MANILA - World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Philippines is set to kick off the country's 2018 Earth Hour celebration next month, focusing on protecting biodiversity from climate change. Earth Hour, an annual global grassroots...

Boracay resort tears down own illegal structures

BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- Illegal structures built on a rock formation by a posh resort in Boracay Island started to get demolished first thing on Saturday morning on the orders of the...

Controversial resort owner to demolish illegal structure

BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- The owner of the controversial Boracay West Cove resort vowed to voluntarily dismantle the illegal structures they built on their property this Saturday morning. The demolition of the illegal...

Producers must pay for their share in pollution: Cimatu

MANILA -- Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu sees the need for a law that would make manufacturers pay up for their share in polluting the environment. "Perhaps we must consider enacting laws that will...

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