The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it is targeting to build 49 low-cost water refilling stations nationwide by the end of the year as part of efforts to make safe drinking water more affordable and accessible to communities, particularly in areas where potable water...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it is investigating contractors involved in the reported earthballing of trees along Roxas Boulevard to determine whether environmental rules and permit conditions were violated. Recently, a social media video about the reported...
As the country faces the possibility of another El Niño event, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Friday, June 12, urged communities and businesses to adopt water-saving measures early. On June 9, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
The World Bank has urged Philippine implementing agencies to focus on completing the long-delayed Metro Manila Flood Management Project amid signs of progress and with less than six months remaining before its financing expires. In a June 7 implementation status and results report, the...
Malacañang has condemned the trash-dumping incident outside the office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Davao City, calling it a "blatant disrespect of law." Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro even called it "trash behavior." Castro...
The Philippine government has formally entered into a partnership with Dutch-based non-profit The Ocean Cleanup, signing a five-year agreement aimed at removing floating waste from the Pasig River and the introduction of low-cost innovative technologies for a rigorous scientific data exchange and...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities recovered 53 native and exotic wildlife species in a joint law enforcement operation Barangay Maribulan, Alabel, Sarangani province on Thursday, June 4. A report from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region 12, personnel of the Community...
The E nvironmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-EMB) denounced the dumping of garbage outside the department 's regional office in Davao City, saying it violated environmental laws and undermined efforts to rehabilitate the city’s...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region XI on Friday, June 5, denied claims that President Marcos ordered the suspension of operations at the Davao City Sanitary Landfill (SLF), saying the decision was made at the regional level following a deadly trash-slide incident....
DAVAO CITY – The dispute over the closure of the New Carmen Sanitary Landfill here escalated on Thursday, June 5, after piles of garbage were dumped outside the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–11 office to stress its effects on garbage collection services across the city. The...
Citing the ongoing cumulative impact assessment being conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), a fisherfolk group has opposed the reported resumption of several reclamation projects in Manila Bay, warning that the developments could worsen flooding and threaten...
Hundreds of trees along Roxas Boulevard have become the focus of public debate. Around 245 have already been cut, while 355 more are scheduled for removal under a permit issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the Southern Access Link Expressway (SALEX), a project...
