Environment

Utility firm thankful to Duterte for rainwater basin rehab

BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio Water District (BWD) is thankful to the national government for the rehabilitation of the rainwater catchment basin at Mt. Santo Tomas in Tuba, Benguet province with...

Climate Change affecting gender of endangered green sea turtles

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Researchers say climate change is responsible for the vast majority of green sea turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef off Australia being female. Scientists from the U.S. National...

DENR hires 15 environmental lawyers for Region 6

ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources 6 (DENR) has hired 15 environmental lawyers in a move to expedite the resolution of cases on the ground. DENR-6 regional director Jim...

Cimatu orders probe of all forest management licenses

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu on Wednesday ordered a review of all the 104 companies that were granted Integrated Forest Management Agreements (IFMAs) with the DENR to prevent any...

DENR suspends operations of two IFMAs blamed for killer floods in Zamboanga

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Tuesday suspended the operations of two big companies for alleged violation of their Industrial Forest Management Agreements (IFMAs) after President Deterte blamed...

Draft EO on Boracay’s woes to be submitted to PRRD: Teo, Cimatu

BORACAY, Aklan -- Tourism Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo and Environment chief Roy Cimatu on Tuesday disclosed that a draft Executive Order (EO) on the creation of a task force on Boracay would be...

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