November is declared as a month for various environment-related concerns here in the Philippines. It is the Environmental Awareness Month (Republic Act No. 9512 or National Environmental Awareness Act of 2008), the Clean Air Month Through National Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Consciousness...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has continued promoting the propagation of breadfruit in the country. (Photo by Studio Kealaula on Unsplash) The DOST-XI through its Provincial of Science and Technology Center of Davao del Norte, and its partners conducted a breadfruit propagation...
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones thanked the Filipino indigenous tribes for their continuing efforts to keep their traditions alive. Education Secretary Leonor Briones / DepEd / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “We remember that the indigenous knowledge systems and practices (IKSPs) today...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), an attached agency of the the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), is investigating if there are violations committed against Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) amidst the Whang-Od and Nas Academy...
Despite the tight supply situation in the Luzon grid, plant owner and operator Hedcor Inc. opted to shut down its 70-megawatt Bakun hydropower facility as the host-community ignored an earlier letter from the Department of Energy (DOE) instructing the power firm to continue the operation of its...
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) said it has “advanced” to the next step of the Certification Precondition (CP) process for the Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for the P12-billion Kaliwa Dam. This was...
