Environment
Cebu fisherfolk urged to report trapped wildlife species
November 6, 2019, 8:00 pm
CEBU CITY – Environmental authorities on Tuesday urged fishermen and coastal families to report to their local environment officers if they find wildlife animals trapped in their nets or strayed into their vicinity. Sheila Basilisco, biodiversity management officer of the Community Environment… Read More
3 weather systems to bring rains over most parts of PH
November 5, 2019, 7:08 pm
MANILA -- Most parts of the archipelago will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers likely until Wednesday due to three weather systems, the weather bureau said Tuesday afternoon. This weather condition will prevail over Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley… Read More
Manila, private firms launch 'incentivized' plastic waste program
October 26, 2019, 6:20 pm
MANILA -- The Manila City government, in partnership with the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) and various private companies, on Saturday launched an incentivized plastic waste collection program as part of efforts to address the country's waste problem and save Pasig River from… Read More
Isolated rain showers to prevail on Friday
October 17, 2019, 6:49 pm
MANILA -- Most parts of the country will experience isolated rain showers on Friday, the weather bureau said. Batanes and Cagayan will have cloudy skies with light rains caused by the northeasterly surface windflow, while Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula and Palawan will have scattered rain showers… Read More
Magnitude 5.2 quake hits DavOcc
October 17, 2019, 2:02 pm
MANILA -- A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit Davao Occidental on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The quake, which was of tectonic origin, struck 144 km. southeast of the municipality of Jose Abad Santos at 9:28 a.m. It had a depth of 61… Read More
2 weather systems to bring scattered rain showers over PH
October 16, 2019, 7:25 pm
MANILA -- Two weather systems would bring scattered rain showers over most parts of the country, likely until Thursday, the weather bureau said. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the northeasterly surface wind flow prevailing… Read More
DENR cuts case backlog by 62% in one year
October 10, 2019, 3:49 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has reduced its backlog of cases by 62 percent over the course of one year, according to its Legal Affairs Service (LAS). In his inventory report submitted to Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu, LAS director Norlito Eneran said… Read More
'Onyok' heading north towards east of Taiwan
September 30, 2019, 7:08 pm
MANILA -- Typhoon Onyok slightly intensified, and is now heading northwards over the sea east of Taiwan moving at 20 kph, the weather bureau said on Monday afternoon. Onyok was last eyed at 320 kilometers north, northeast of Basco, Batanes. It has maximum sustained winds of 130 kph, and gustiness… Read More
Ratifying Kigali Amendment to aid PH's HFC phase-down
September 27, 2019, 7:19 pm
MANILA – The window of opportunity is getting smaller for the Philippines to phase down, with less difficulty, the nationwide importation and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are substances that have high global warming potential. The nationwide HFC phase-down will already start in 2024… Read More
Water utility firm to comply with DENR standards
September 27, 2019, 5:48 pm
MANILA -- Water utility firm Boracay Tubi System Inc. (BTSI) on Friday assured there is no direct discharging of untreated wastewater to the open sea and that it is operating a complete waterworks system with septage management. In a statement, the BTSI said its joint water sampling conducted with… Read More
UN chief urges leaders to avoid 'new coal' after 2020
September 24, 2019, 9:31 pm
ISTANBUL -- Tensions ran high at the UN Climate Summit in New York when United Nations Secretary (UN) General Antonio Guterres challenged leaders to no longer invest in new coal projects after 2020, followed by young climate activist Greta Thunberg’s impassioned speech on how these same leaders… Read More
Resiliency fund needed for Manila Bay coastal areas
September 24, 2019, 6:16 pm
MANILA – Experts crafting the sustainable development master plan for Manila Bay see the need to establish a resiliency fund for coastal local government units (LGUs) around this water body. Such fund is for the LGUs' constituents occupying danger areas, noted University of the Philippines… Read More
Indonesian smog affecting Cebu to disappear soon: PAGASA
September 23, 2019, 6:31 pm
CEBU CITY – The weather bureau stationed on Mactan Island on Monday forecast that the haze being experienced in Metro Cebu, due to the Indonesian forest fire, will dissipate in the next two to three days due to change in wind direction. This, as the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in… Read More
Young environmentalists buck coal power plant ops in Bataan
September 23, 2019, 6:26 pm
LIMAY, Bataan—At least 30 young men and women, joined by several adults, held on Sunday here a sit-down protest against the operation of coal-fired power plants in the province. “Ako ay nagbalot ng itim bilang simbolo na ang planta ng coal ay nag-eemit ng maruming usok at napupunta ito sa… Read More
NegOr biz groups set pollution control training
September 23, 2019, 1:51 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY -- The Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) and the Negros Oriental Hotel, Resort and Restaurant Association, Inc. (NOHRRA) are spearheading a basic pollution control officer (PCO) training here, in collaboration with the Pollution Control Association of the… Read More
EMB-7 monitors C. Visayas air quality amid Indon forest fire
September 17, 2019, 7:48 pm
CEBU CITY – The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Central Visayas on Tuesday created a task group to monitor air quality in the region following reports that the haze from the raging forest fire in Indonesia has reached Mindanao. Engineer William Cuñado, regional director of EMB-7, said… Read More
Pampanga, Bulacan face possible flooding, erosion
September 10, 2019, 5:05 pm
MANILA – Flooding and riverside erosion are possible during the 24-hour period ending 5 a.m. Wednesday (Sept. 11) in parts of Pampanga and Bulacan provinces of Central Luzon where State forecasters expect the southwest monsoon or "habagat" to further bring rains. Candaba, San Luis, San Simon,… Read More
Letran joins National Greening Program
September 9, 2019, 6:28 pm
MANILA – Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) gained another partner for its National Greening Program (NGP), so far government’s most ambitious reforestation bid. DENR and private school Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Manila signed Monday (Sept. 9) the memorandum of… Read More
DENR seeks P5.15-B for National Greening Program
September 9, 2019, 4:14 pm
MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) aims to secure a budget of PHP5.15 billion for the 2020 implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP), the government’s most ambitious reforestation bid so far. According to a DENR statement, the target sum is the… Read More
Volunteers collect 255 sacks of trash in Parañaque cleanup
September 7, 2019, 4:51 pm
MANILA – Volunteers from the Cavitex Infrastructure Corp. (CIC) collected some 255 sacks of trash and debris, weighing some 1,275 kilograms, during a coastal clean-up at the Cavitex Mangrove Park in Parañaque City on Saturday. The Cavitex Mangrove Area, a catch basin for garbage washed up on… Read More
