Saying the Mindoro oil spill was avoidable had concerned government agencies strictly enforced maritime protocols, a fisherfolk group said the owner of the motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress should be held liable as well as concerned agencies that will be found negligent in allowing the said vessel...
ILOILO CITY – Typhoons are the biggest threat to forests in Western Visayas, the Enforcement Division of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 said. LANDSLIDES and mudslides have been identified as one of threats to forests in Western Visayas. Photo shows an area hit by a...
Oil slicks from the recent oil spill in Oriental Mindoro have already reached a number of areas in Palawan, prompting barangays to take part in preventing further damages. In a “Laging Handa” briefing on Monday, March 13, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Head...
ILOILO CITY – The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR)-Region 6 (Western Visayas) has established water sampling stations in areas hit by the oil slick from a sunken oil tanker in Caluya town, Antique province. WEARING PPEs, a...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has advised the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to exercise foresight when it comes to its response to the massive oil spill caused by a sunken tanker off Oriental Mindoro last month. “Alongside taking the lead in speeding up...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 is the chair of the Regional Ecotourism Committee (REC) in Western Visayas from 2023 to 2026. DENR-6 Director Livino Duran presides over the Regional Ecotourism Committee meeting in Iloilo City. (DENR-6) The...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) has given recognition to the Villar SIPAG Foundation for its initiatives to conserve, maintain and advance a healthy environment. DENR-NCR thus awarded a Plaque of Recognition to the Villar SIPAG for its...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed geologist Carlos Primo David as undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) geologist. He is the son of journalist-sociologist and known Marcos critic Randy David and the late former Civil Service Commission...
BUTUAN CITY – The “One Million Malunggay” project was launched in Northeastern Mindanao or the Caraga region recently to help mitigate climate change. MALUNGGAY (DA FB) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the...
KALAYAAN, Laguna – Three persons were arrested for alleged illegal logging in Barangay San Antonio, this municipality, last week. Confiscated from the suspects were P842,000 worth of lumber. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered a mining company to stop its exploration and construction activities in Romblon amid protest actions from local residents that already turned violent. At the same time, the DENR said it already ordered its local office in...
A geospatial database of the country’s natural resources will be created through a signed partnership between the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). "PhilSA Director General Joel Joseph Marciano, Jr., Ph.D. (second to the right) and...
