ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 (Western Visayas) said a Visayan leopard card, locally known as “maral,” was recently rescued in Mambusao town, Capiz province. The animal reportedly attacked chickens in a rice field owned by farmer Lony Salaya in...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will evaluate abandoned, undeveloped, and underutilized (AUU) fishponds to identify potential sites for mangrove development. This, after an environmental group and scientists urged the government to convert all abandoned fishponds into...
Senators on Tuesday, April 9 welcomed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) decision to fully cancel its 2004 agreement with the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) that awarded them 353 hectares of land protected area in Surigao del Norte province. This,...
Officers and members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Incorporated (SBSI) led by Jey Rence Quilario, popularly known as Senior Agila, are now being evicted in the 353-hectare Siargao Island Protected Landscape and Seascape (SIPLAS) in Surigao del Norte. This, after the Department of...
Sen. Raffy Tulfo has filed a resolution raising the issue of conflict of interest in the duties of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga regarding her family's alleged ownership of about 40,000 hectares of land in the towns of Coron and Busuanga...
Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay has criticized the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) over its complacency and negligence during Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) meetings which led to the building of structures in protected areas. Binay said the DENR ought...
The plan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to cancel an agreement that gave birth to the Masungi Geopark Project will only benefit people and groups that have quarrying and swimming pool business interests in the 2,700 hectares of land in Rizal province, the Masungi...
DAVAO CITY – Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, and Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno have conducted a field assessment of resorts near the foot of Mount Apo here. MOUNT APO...
courtesy: DENR As the temperature in Metro Manila and other parts of the country continue to sizzle, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) arrested an illegal dangerous species trader and seized two Philippine Palm Civets in his possession during an entrapment operation on Friday, March 22, in La Victoria, La Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte....
Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday, March 17 expressed optimism President Marcos’ signing into law of Republic Act No. 11985 or An Act Strengthening and Revitalizing the Salt Industry in the Philippines will give “new life” to the country’s dying salt industry. Villar,...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Thursday, March 14 said she is keen on filing a resolution seeking an investigation into the reported construction of illegal structures within the vicinity of the Chocolate Hills, a protected area and major tourist attraction. “The Committee on Environment...
