Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte led the simultaneous and nationwide launching of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) “PagbaBAGo Campaign: A Million Learners and Trees”, which aims to provide one million beneficiaries learning materials and dental kits. Vice President...
As Congress goes into a sine die adjournment on June 2 , the bill of Senator Robinhood C. Padilla seeking amendments to the 1987 Constitution, particularly its “restrictive” economic provisions, is practically dead. “Ang malungkot talagang yung apat na PDP-Laban ang sumasangayon dun sa...
CAMP GEN. MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – “Let us be humble in serving our people, but be hard in enforcing the law.” POLICE Col. Pedro Soliba (left), outgoing Batangas police provincial director, turns over the symbolic command flag to Col. Reinero de Chavez in a simple ceremony presided...
Clean energy solutions leader First Gen Corporation will continue its green technology investments to help the Philippine economy toward its decarbonization track in sync with the world in mitigating climate change risks. “Our role here is to sort of like help the Philippine economy achieve a...
Emphasizing that the Philippines is one of the countries that are most vulnerable to climate change, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the country will incorporate climate resilience and disaster proofing in all societal and infrastructural projects. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has tapped faculty members from state universities and colleges (SUCs) and higher education institutions (HEIs) around the country to join its pool of experts tasked with reviewing proposed development projects' environmental impact...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) The Charter change (Cha-cha) effort in Congress is "fast running out of time", says Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez. In a speech in a recent forum sponsored by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
Picture of the dried Canelon Grande reservoir and dam-bridge just north of Canelones, in southern Uruguay, taken on March 14, 2023, as the country goes through a severe drought. (Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States -- More than half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are...
The World Bank Group, one of the world’s largest sources of funding for developing countries to reduce poverty, increase shared prosperity, and promote sustainable development, is in the process of developing its [ Evolution Roadmap ](https://consultations.worldbank.org/roadmap), which will...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda has urged the government, private sector, and all citizens to prepare for hotter and drier days due to a high probability of El Niño emerging in the coming season and persisting until the first quarter of 2024. Legarda issued the statement on Thursday, May...
Energy Secretary Raphael P. M. Lotilla said that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. during his recent meeting with US President Joe Biden highlighted renewable energy (RE) and the "loss and damage" concept, which seeks to compensate countries that have little contribution to global climate change....
This illustration picture shows a plastic bag drifting in the botnia Gulf on May 3, 2023 near Pietarsaari, during the late spring as the sea-ice is slowly melting. (Olivier MORIN / AFP) PARIS, France -- With climate-enhanced droughts, heatwaves and fires ravaging three continents and the threat of...
