Environment

The company owner of the sunken MT Princess Empress on Sunday, March 12, issued an apology to those affected by the Mindoro Oriental oil spill and assured its continued efforts to lessen the impact of the incident, especially in the environment.

A local barbershop in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro is collecting cut hair to help oil spill clean up in the province.

The oil spill in Oriental Mindoro threatens over 20,000 hectares of coral reef in the area, according to marine experts from University of the Philippines (UP) Systems.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) assured it is "closely monitoring" the impact of the reported oil spill in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro waters.

Two new species of hedgehog have been discovered in Mindanao, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Davao.

The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said it plans to build a new headquarters at the Masungi Georeserve in Tanay, Rizal.