As a way of showing support to preserve Mother Earth, the Provincial Government of Bulacan, through the Bulacan Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO) conducted a clean-up drive in Brgy. Sto. Rosario and tree planting activity at the Eco Park in San Isidro II, Paombong, Bulacan on Friday,...
ISABELA- The Department of Agriculture (DA ) Region 2 will focus on its "Plant, plant, plant" program to ensure food sufficiency and in preparation for the possible economic impact of the tension between Russia and Ukraine. Regional Executive Director Narciso Edillo of DA Region 2 said the agency...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan One of the most unexpectedly popular article types in Manila Bulletin’s agriculture section is of agriculturally-inclined Filipinos based overseas who have successfully managed to plant Filipino vegetables in their adoptive/ new countries. Vegetables that are taken for...
SMC agri-project is empowering support staff one seed at a time Every week, armed with scissors and crates, around 25 maintenance and security staff at San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) head office complex in Ortigas trudge muddy paths behind the company’s iconic, Manosa-designed building, their...
There is, still, a rainbow after the rain Bugnai Tree by Erika Velasco If there was a time in recent memory that Negros Occidental was visited by floods with uncanny timing, it would have been the year that has just passed, 2021. On New Year’s Day, from North to South, the province was besieged....
GET INTO THE MANGROOVE AXA Philippines invites customers to 'plant' seedlings via Emma app AXA Philippines, one of the country’s leading insurance companies, launched the promo, “Adopt a Mangrove Seedling,” to allow customers to give back and help raise mangroves with their registration on...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Southeastern Mindanao have participated in community service and tree planting activity organized for the 38 former rebels in Davao City. The PCG said the initiative was organized by the Humanitarian Organization for Peace Engagement (HOPE) Kababaihan...
A green space in the metropolis that's named after the father of the late former President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III recently hosted an "enrichment" tree-planting activity by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). (Photo from DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda's...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Friday, June 25, called on Filipinos to protect trees and join in greening communities in the Philippines. Senator Cynthia Villar (Senate of the Philippines) The chairperson of the Senate committee on environment and natural resources issued the appeal on Arbor Day, a...
Trees will always be among man's most important legacies, and the Lions Clubs International Multiple District 301(LCI MD 301) Philippines has promised to plant 10,000 of them all over the country. (Photo by Casey Horner / Unsplash) This commitment was the latest manifestation of the longstanding...
Singer Richard Reynoso recently joined his good friend, businessman-philanthropist Bon Salinas, in a tree planting effort at Brgy. Bajao, Tago, Surigao Del Sur. Richard Reynoso, Bon Salinas with fellow volunteers helping save the environment Participating in the activity were several government...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar honored his late father, former Interior Undersecretary Wencelito Andanar, by planting a tree in his name at the Arroceros Forest Park in Manila on Saturday. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar plants a tree in honor of his late father, former Interior...