A civil society group based in Bulacan has urged President Marcos to include provincial officials in the investigation of ghost projects and other anomalies involving flood control projects in the province. In a complaint forwarded to Malacañang on Aug. 22, Tindig Kalikasan claimed that Bulacan...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is preparing its response to the Supreme Court’s Writ of Kalikasan on the Samal Island–Davao City Connector (SIDC) Bridge Project and assured that construction is proceeding in accordance with legal and environmental regulations. In a...
A group of human rights activists, and some party-list lawmakers at the House of Representatives have asserted the need for justice and an end to attacks on environmental defenders and activists. They made the call after it was confirmed that environmental rights defenders and church workers...
A bill that seeks to establish the country's competitive edge in the natural bamboo market in transport, construction, furniture, and fabric sectors that can lead to industrial-manufacturing development will be refiled in Congress. Bohol Representative Edgardo M. Chatto said he will refile House...
BAGUIO CITY -- The Ifugao Police Provincial Office headed its provincial director in Col. James Mangili received the Gawad Kalikasan Award from the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources–Cordillera Administrative Region during its 35th Anniversary on June 30 at the DENR–CAR Regional...
Global technology company and leading conservation organization partner to promote awareness of urgent climate-related issues through the new interactive virtual museum Museo Kalikasan Recognizing the urgent need to raise the awareness among Filipinos of their role in fighting climate change, Epson...
To help more workers amid the pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has appealed to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to renew the authority of private emission testing centers (PETCs) nationwide to allow them to operate again. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has...
Environmental group Tanggol Kalikasan has urged the 18th Congress to immediately amend the Republic Act (RA) 9147 or the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act of 2001 for much effective and stronger implementation. In a statement, Tanggol Kalikasan Executive Director Ma. Ronely...
Dining in the food park can relieve you of stress Imagine yourself holding a cup of freshly brewed coffee while the sun rises. You take a gentle sip and catch a whiff of the addicting roasted aroma of the coffee that blends nicely with the fresh air, the rays of light illuminating the panoramic...
Pro-environment activist group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) said Tuesday, July 27 that there were 12 major omissions in President Duterte's sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) as far as environmental issues were concerned. A recent cleanup...
Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) has called for an independent investigation on the shooting of two forest rangers of the Masungi Georeserve on Saturday night, July 24, noting that the incident practically occurred under the cops' noses. (Photo by Max Kleinen/...
An environmental activist group wants to find out if the controversial issuance of an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) to the "Aerocity" reclamation project had any bearing on the oil spill that took place in Manila Bay Thursday morning, July 8. (Photo by Tom Barrett/ Unsplash) “This...
