TACLOBAN CITY – The Office of the Vice President, together with the local government of Matag-ob in Leyte province, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), planted over 8,500 trees in a 13.6-hectare area in Barangay Malazarte, Matag-ob recently. Matag-ob Mayor...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The provincial government seeks to plant one million trees and mangroves in strategic areas in Pangasinan within a year. GUICO (FB) A total of 24,342 seedlings have been planted as of August 16. These narra, cashew, sugar apple (atis), tamarind (sampalok), jackfruit...
For the International Youth Day and Linggo ng Kabataan 2023, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte asked the youth to reduce their carbon footprint and continue raising their voices to advocate for the environment. (Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) “As the world confronts a climate...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd), both headed by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, will partner for the Brigada Eskwela and tree planting activity to help schools prepare for the opening of classes later this month. Vice President...
“I think that I shall never see, a poem as lovely as a tree,” goes the famous poem, Trees, by Joyce Kilmer. In today’s landscape, with climate change hanging thick in the air, a tree is more than just lovely, it is precious. The value of a tree is well-known and its functions are many: its...
(Unsplash) A bill that will require a Tree Planting Plan (TPP) from all applicants of building permits for residential, commercial, industrial, and public building development projects has been given final approval in the House of Representatives. House Bill (HB)...
AP Renewables Inc. (APRI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AboitizPower, simultaneously planted a total of 3,450 tree seedlings in celebration of Arbor Day last June 24, 2023. This included 1,500 in St. Elena, Sto. Tomas, Batangas, and an additional 1,950 in Naga, Tiwi, Albay. TREE PLANTING -- APRI...
AGUILAR, Pangasinan – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Pangasinan Second District Engineering Office is set to plant 30,000 tree seedlings in the mountainous areas of Barangay Mapita here to replace those cut for a road construction project. Edita Manuel, DPWH-Pangasinan Second...
Protecting the environment would require from the public a “sense of ownership” and an understanding of its economic benefits, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Monday, June 26, during an event to commemorate Philippine Environment Month. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks...
PEÑABLANCA, Cagayan -- Employees of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 2 planted 600 seedlings of narra trees at the San Roque Watershed in Peñablanca, Cagayan on Friday, June 16. Alex Suyu, forest ranger of Metropolitan Tuguegarao Water District (MTWD), said the activity will...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will lead the planting of one million trees through its “Project PagbaBAGo: A Million Learners and Trees” that aims to attain environmental sustainability. Vice President Sara Duterte (center) signs a memorandum of agreement with Environment Secretary Maria...
Florida-based Rizome Philippines is investing $100 million, approximately P5.5 billion, for an engineered bamboo plant in Cagayan de Oro in support of the government's move to develop the bamboo sector in the country. Former Agriculture Secretary Luis P. Lorenzo Jr., a global investor at Rizome...
