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...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Region 4-A has renewed its commitment to strictly implement environmental laws on protected areas in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area during the 9th Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) Summit with...
Camarines Sur-based congressmen are pushing for the swift passage of a consolidated bill seeking the guarantee of a fairer share of revenues from mining to the national government. (LRay Villafuerte's Facebook) The measure, which was recently approved by the House Committee on Ways and Means and...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has rescued a distressed green sea turtle at Sta. Ana Bay in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras. A GREEN sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) found in Nueva Valencia is the biggest rescued so far in Guimaras. (DENR-PENRO Guimaras) The...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is well within the timeline of drafting of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11898, or the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act, and on the efforts to protect the country’s wildlife. DENR...
