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Environment Chief Cimatu says Cebu City should remain under ECQ

(Eagle News) — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu wants Cebu City to remain under an enhanced community quarantine even after June 30. Cimatu, who was made the point person in Cebu by President Rodrigo Duterte, said in a television interview on Tuesday, June 30, that this was his recommendation to the national government, which is expected to announce today the new community quarantine levels. Cebu City was the sole city to retain the ECQ status after […]

12 Cebu City barangays to be placed under total lockdown

(Eagle News) — Twelve barangays in Cebu City will be placed under a total lockdown, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said on Thursday, June 25. According to Cimatu, these are: Sambag 1 Kamputhaw Basak San Nicolas Mabolo Tinago Ermita Lahug Guadalupe Duljo Fatima Tisa Tejero Sambag II He said these barangays had a high number of COVID-19 cases. Earlier, Joint Task Force COVID Shield commander Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar said two companies of the Philippine […]

President Duterte sending Environment Secretary Cimatu to Cebu for COVID-19 response assessment

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is sending Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to Cebu so he can assess the  government’s response to COVID-19 there. The President made the announcement as he noted what he said were the Cebuanos’ slow response to the pandemic during the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases meeting on Monday night. “Bakit marami? Because you were too confident and too complacent about it.Binalewala ninyo,” the President said, referring to […]

DENR sinugod ng mga tumututol sa land conversion sa Sicogon Island, Iloilo

Ni Eden Santos Eagle News Service Eagle News – Sumugod sa tanggapan ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ang ilang residente ng Sicogon Island sa Iloilo. Ito ay para ipaglaban ang kanilang karapatan sa lupa, tubig at kabuhayan. Sigaw rin ng mga ito na “itigil ang land conversion” sa isla na ginagawa ng Ayala land at Sideco. Kasabwat umano ang mga opisyal ng DENR doon. Ayon kay Dory Villa, residente sa Isla, matagal […]

CA confirms Roy Cimatu as environment secretary

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Roy Cimatu as environment secretary. “Mr. President, it is my great pleasure and honor to report to the Commission, to the President, to the men and women of the (Department of Environment and Natural Resources), and to the whole nation, of the overwhelming ‘yes’ votes of the members of this Commission, confirming and affirming (the ad interim appointment of Cimatu)..,” Manny Pacquiao, […]

Newly appointed DENR chief Cimatu: I will do my best to protect the environment

  (Eagle News) — Newly appointed Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu promised to do his best “to protect the environment in all its forms,” but at the same time asked that he be given time to “scan and study the terrain.” “I will try to do my best as President (Rodrigo) Duterte’s point man in the daunting task of protecting our environment in all its forms – from the mines to the lakes and rivers to the forests […]

Lopez to supporters: Give Cimatu a chance as DENR chief

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, urged the public, including her supporters, to give the newly appointed Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary, Roy Cimatu a “chance.” This was disclosed on Monday afternoon during Lopez’s speech expressing her gratitude after a group of environmental activists chained themselves to the gate of the DENR office. This was to protest the alleged influence of big businesses in government, particularly in […]

President Duterte appoints Cimatu as new DENR chief

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday afternoon, appointed former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Roy Cimatu as the new Department of Environment and Natural resources (DENR) secretary, replacing Gina Lopez. Agricultural Secretary Manny Pinol said in his Facebook post that President Duterte introduced Cimatu to the cabinet as the neweEnvironment chief. Pinol wrote that President Duterte said “Let us put an end to all speculations” when  he announced […]