A fisherfolk group called on the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to go after importers who violated the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 195. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), amid the debates on importation, urged BFAR to spare small fish...
Two House committees on Monday, Nov. 28, created a technical working group (TWG) to hammer out the details for a substitute bill that would consolidate 35 proposed measures on the creation of a Department of Water Resources (DWR) to improve the country’s water management and oversee the critical...
Raising the awareness of the citizens on what they can do to about climate change is a big factor in mitigating the effects of climate change. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), every year observes Climate Consciousness Week “to create awareness on global warming and...
Senator Imee Marcos today warned that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) would have limited success in its campaign against fish smuggling if it overlooks online sellers. The BFAR had said it would start confiscating unauthorized fish imports on December 4 while a seasonal...
The Masungi Georeserve Foundation, Inc. (MGFI) released on Monday, Nov. 21, a statement denouncing the claims made by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during the Senate hearing last Nov. 16 regarding the legality and integrity of the georeserve, citing them as "libelous,...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is eyeing an amendment of the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act in order to add more teeth against importation of animals that are harmful to local species as well as destruction of natural habitats of animals endemic in...
• It’s now officially the “closed season” for fishing in the Visayan Sea, a practice that aims to allow sardines, herrings, and mackerels within the area to reproduce. The closed season started Nov. 15 and will end on Feb. 15, 2023. • That follows the closed season to conserve Ludong in...
Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles stressed on Friday, Nov. 18 human resource (HR) management's critical role in the public sector workplace faced transformations brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. (Screenshot from the Facebook live of DAP as APO Center of Excellence on...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte has thrown his support behind the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) plan to legalize more Minahang Bayan (MB) areas. Photo from Mines and Geosciences Bureau The MBs are zones wherein small-scale mining (SSM)...
Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Tuesday, Nov. 8, disclosed that several Filipino fishermen are still enduring the destruction that tropical cyclone Paeng left. Paeng, the country’s 16th tropical cyclone in 2022 and the fourth in the month of...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) gave a rundown of the problems being faced by its Manila Bay rehabilitation project during the 2023 budget hearings at the House of Representatives. The main problems mentioned were informal settlements, invasive water plants, and solid...
Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez refuses to give up on his twin pro-environment measures, which have always hit a snag once they are elevated to the Senate. Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) “We will not tire of filing and refiling these bills because...
