NUEVA VIZCAYA -- A municipal councilor died as the SUV car he was driving plunged into a river in Brgy. Bua, Kasibu in an accident that happened in the first hour of Friday, June 10. Photo courtesy of NVPPO via Liezle Inigo A report from Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Police Office identified the victim...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon -- A dead baby was found floating in the Alitao River in sitio Ibaba, Barangay Wakas in this city on Tuesday morning, June 7. The baby, about seven to eight months old, was found at around 10:30 in the morning by a group of youngsters who were in the river catching fishes. The...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – A father and his son who were believed to have drowned were found by rescuers the day after leaving their home to swim in the river in Banawel, Natonin in Mt. Province. Capt. Carnie Abellanida, deputy information officer of the Cordillera Regional Police Office,...
PANGASINAN – A 10th grader, who went along with eight others for a swim, drowned in the river in Brgy. Cabayaoasan, Bugallon town on Sunday afternoon, April 24. The victim was identified as Aljon Melendez, 16, a grade 10 student, and a resident of Brgy. Malawa, Lingayen, Pangasinan. Initial...
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Garbage clogs the banks of Iraq's Tigris River in Baghdad but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country. With boots and gloves, they pick up soggy trash, water bottles, aluminium cans and muddy styrofoam boxes, part...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced on Saturday, April 2, that it has partnered with the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and three major firms in the industry sector to intensify the rehabilitation of the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape...
Construction of the three bridges funded by the the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will commence this second quarter or within the last three months of the Duterte administration, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the $175.1-million,...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Paccquiao has opposed the construction of the upcoming Pasig River Expressway (PAREX) and called for the conversion of the river system into a tourist spot instead. Pacquiao said that instead of building a skyway, the country must turn Pasig River into a tourist...
The Las Pinas City government was cited by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as 4th placer in the Gawad Taga-Ilog 2.0 Search for the Most Improved Estero (Creek) in Metro Manila. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the awarding was held at the Makiling Hall, Park Inn Radisson, North...
BACOLOD CITY - A woman and her two nieces died after they drowned in Bago river at Purok Paho, Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday. Two children, and their aunt died after they drowned in the Bago river at Purok Paho, Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday....
Marikina City Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro vowed to continue supporting and maintaining the rehabilitation and restoration of the Marikina River, calling it a “generational effort”. The mayor made his commitment during a turnover ceremony held on Wednesday, March 9, in Barangay Sta....
The body of a newborn baby boy was found floating on Pasig River in Sta. Mesa, Manila on Monday, Feb. 28. The baby was around eight to nine months, according to the police. A barangay tanod of Brgy. 623 saw the infant under the Bacood bridge at around 7 a.m. on Monday. According to Lt. Adonis...
