ILOILO CITY – A healthy female Olive Ridley marine turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) laid 109 eggs at the beach front of Movenpick Resort and Spa in Boracay Island on Wednesday, Oct. 5. THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources secures turtle eggs in Boracay Island. (DENR Western Visayas)...
More than 4,500 sacks of garbage have been collected during the cleanup of Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach during the observance of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day 2022 last Sept. 17, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach (Photo by...
Additional budget should be allocated to address the Covid-19 medical waste conundrum, Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin said. Facemasks (stock photo) Specifically, Garin wants more funds funneled to the infectious healthcare waste program of the Environmental Management Bureau of the...
Senior Deputy Majority Leader Sandro Marcos doesn't want to take any chances with his beloved kakailian (northern brethren) as far as potentially destructive typhoons are concerned. (Photo from Sandro Marcos's Facebook) That's why the Ilocos Norte 1st district congressman tapped the Department of...
The bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed today Sept. 27 the appointments of three members of the Marcos Cabinet. They are Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ma. Antonia...
ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya – Illegally cut narra bar flitches valued at P1.2 million was intercepted in a Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) checkpoint on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Calitlitan here on Monday, Sept. 26. The Nueva Vizcaya Police Provincial Office said two men...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (JICA-DENR) have turned over new access roads in Banaue, Mayoyao, and Lagawe in Ifugao which are seen to support upland farmers who also serve as stewards of vital forest resources. THE newly built...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. stressed Friday, Sept. 23, that the department will act with prudence and wait for the advice of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) before making any move with regards to the Masungi...
Personnel of the Masungi Georeserve Foundation in Tanay, Rizal have called the attention of the national and local governments after it spotted several armed men encamped within the conservation site since Sept. 3. Photo from Masungi Georeserve In its Facebook post, the foundation identified the...
BALBALAN, Kalinga – The local Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and the police recovered an abandoned narra flitch in Sitio Umbali, Barangay Buaya, here on Friday, Sept. 16. The narra flitch measuring four inches by 39 inches by 10 feet was taken to CENRO Pinukpuk,...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The Navotas City government, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the National Capital Region (NCR) conducted a tree planting activity at the Tanza Marine Tree Park (TMTP) in Barangay Tanza...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. started the first working hours of his birthday on Tuesday, Sept. 13, by leading the kick-off ceremony of the national bamboo and tree planting in San Mateo, Rizal, where he enjoined the nation to pour all efforts in preserving the earth. President...