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SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA) – – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources called for community vigilance to prevent forest fires especially that summer months have come. Joining the campaign of the Bureau of Fire Protection on fire prevention, Information Officer Joery Ocson of DENR Community Environment and Natural Resources Office in Belison, Antique in an interview said that they are stepping up the construction of fire lines and patrol works in the sites of […]
MANILA, Feb. 20 – A multi-stakeholder team of the Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) that was formed to review existing mining operations that were ordered shut down or suspended by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will hold its first meeting this Monday, February 20. This organizational meeting is a result of MICC Resolution No. 6 , which had resolved to create “a multi-stakeholder team” to “review existing mining operations in consultation with local government units (LGUs), which review shall be based on the guidelines and parameters set […]
(Reuters) — Pristine waterfalls and crystal clear lagoons may soon be the new economic drivers in the southern Philippines as the government continues its crackdown on erring mines. Attracting hundreds of Filipino and foreign visitors a day, tourist spots Tinuy-an Waterfalls and Enchanted River in the southern province of Surigao Del Sur are among the eco-tourism destinations marked for development by the environment ministry to provide alternative livelihoods for mining communities. Environment and Natural […]
CAMARINES NORTE (Eagle News) – Nanawagan ang mga minero (“magkakabod” sa lokal ng katawagan) sa mga bayan ng Paracale, Labo, at Jose Panganiban na bigyan anila sila ng alternatibong pangkabuhayan na babalingan matapos ipasara ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ang lahat ng minahang Bayan sa lalawigan. Malaki aniya ang magiging epekto nito sa kanilang pamumuhay na maaaring magresulta sa kanilang pagkagutom. Nakatakdang magsagawa ng March Rally anumang araw ang naturang mga minero upang […]
BISLIG CITY, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Isang Joint Retrieval Operation ang isinagawa ng Bislig City PNP at DENR sa mga inabandonang tabla ng lawaan at yakal sa Sitio Danipas, Brgy. Labisma, Bislig City. Isang concerned citizen ang nagpaalam sa awtoridad na agad namang inaksiyunan ni PSI Joy Semime Operation Officer ng BCPS at Forest Ranger Eddie Guzon ng DENR. Nakuha ng mga awtoridad ang iba’t-ibang sukat ng tabla na umabot ng 1,062.63 board feet […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has intervened in the closure and suspension orders on 28 mining companies which had earlier been issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, asking that the mining firms be first given the chance to give their side. President Duterte has directed that due process first be observed against the supposedly erring mining firms, by giving them the opportunity to present their side and to dispute audit findings of the […]
(Eagle News) — A mysterious sinkhole was discovered in Cauayan City National High School in Isabela. The sinkhole was found by a security guard, two weeks after the continuous rainfall in the area. According to Schools Division Supt. Jessie Amin of the Department of Education-Cauayan City, the estimated depth of the sinkhole is at least seven meters. Amin also said that they had already informed the Department of National Resources and the Department of Public […]
(Eagle News) — Dalawampu’t-isang (21) mining operations ang ipinag-utos ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) na ipasara. Resulta ito ng pagpapatuloy ng mining audit sa 41 metallic operating mines sa bansa. Sa resulta ng isinagawang mining audit, nakita ang matinding pinsala sa katubigan at kabundukan dahil sa operasyon ng mga nasabing minahan. Ayon kay Environment secretary Gina Lopez, nag-ooperate ang mga nasabing mining company sa mga functional watershed at nakitaan ng iba’t-ibang environmental violation. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tumaas ang lebel ng polusyon ng hangin sa Metro Manila sa pagsalubong sa taong 2017 kumpara sa nagdaang taon. Ayon sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), bagamat mas kakaunti ang nagpaputok sa bagong taon ng 2017, marami naman aniya ang gumamit ng fountain o pailaw dahilan upang mas tumindi naman ang usok na likha nito na nagpataas sa polusyon ng hangin. Ayon pa sa Environmental Management Bureau ng […]
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 12 – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started looking for ways to boost the local production of seaweed, which is an alternative source of income for coastal communities and could help counter the effects of climate change. In a recent roundtable discussion on seaweed potential for biodiversity-friendly enterprises held at the training center of the Biodiversity Management Bureau in Quezon City, Secretary Gina Lopez disclosed that the DENR […]
DINGALAN, Aurora (Eagle News) – Napagkalooban ng libreng serbisyong medical, libreng consultation at check-up, at libreng gamot ang mga mamamayan sa Brgy Ibuna, Dingalan Aurora. Ang programang ito ay sa pagtutulungan ng Lokal na Pamahalaan ng Dingalan, Municipal Health Office, Deseret Mabuhay Foundation, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at Public Health Office. Sa ganitong paraan ay inilalapit na ng lokal na pamahalaan ang tulong medical sa […]
QUEZON CITY, Nov. 28 – The Senate on Tuesday night approved the proposed P28.67-billion budget for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for next year. The DENR’s 2017 budget, which is 31 percent higher than the agency’s P21.8 billion allocation for the current year, was successfully sponsored and defended by Senate finance committee chair Sen. Loren Legarda, with environment and natural resources panel chief Sen. Cynthia Villar as the lone interpellator. The increase […]
