Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday said she will file a motion for reconsideration asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to approve the reclamation project of around 530 hectares of the Manila Bay coastline along Las Piñas and Parañaque. Villar said she will appeal for the SC...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is eyeing the completion of rehabilitation of the Boracay Island by June 2022. According to DENR Sec. Roy Cimatu, water quality in Boracay beaches has significantly improved since its rehabilitation started in 2018. Water samples in 2018...
Swimming may be soon allowed in Manila Bay's dolomite beach as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) continuously rehabilitates the bay to improve its water quality. People flock to the Manila Bay Dolomite Beach in Manila after it was reopened to the public on Oct. 17, 2021....
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) did not expect the deluge of people when it reopened to the public the Dolomite beach in the Manila Bay during the weekend. DENR Usec. Jonas Leones admitted on Tuesday, Oct. 19, ​that they "could not separate" people violating social...
Four illegal wildlife poachers were arrested after yielding more than 6,000 Wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicatus)—some of them already dead—in an operation conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and other agencies in San Miguel, Bulacan, the agency...
The provincial government of La Union has stopped the quarry operations along Aringay River in Tubao for alleged violation of national laws and provincial ordinances. In a letter dated September 23, 2021, the provincial government asked a certain Edelberto C. Garcia "to cease and desist your...
Start-up renewable energy (RE) firm Matuno River Development Corporation (MRDC) is advancing on to the commercial operation of its 8-megawatt hydroelectric power generating facility before the end of this year. The company announced that the run-of-river power project, which is sited in Bambang,...
Actual construction of the P12-billion Kaliwa Dam, pegged by the Duterte administration as its top solution to Metro Manila's water woes, may have to wait until next year because of delays in meeting some conditions, including consent from the affected indigenous peoples, according to the new...
Discarded plastic packagings, rubbers, and other debris continue to pile up in the coastal areas of Navotas City connected to Manila Bay despite the clean up and rehabilitation programs of the government. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Metro Manila Regional Executive...
A total of 13 individuals have been arrested last month for the possession of P4.5 million worth of illegally-cut premium wood species during three separate operations conducted in Valenzuela City and Bulacan, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported on Wednesday, Oct. 6....
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has won its case filed against six miners in the Taal Volcano after a municipal court in Batangas found them guilty of illegal quarrying and extraction. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Monday welcomed the two-page decision penned by 5th...
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) welcomed on Monday, Oct. 4, the government’s new policy on the establishment, harvesting, and transport of bamboo. (PIXABY) The DOST-PCAARRD...
