Three major government departments, a top university, a leading broadcaster and an environmental watchdog have committed themselves to the cause of the environment and the socioeconomic uplift of Filipino communities through ecotourism and agriculture.
Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza issued on Monday a cease and desist order against the operation of the Yellow Submarine and suspended the business permit of its operator, the Cebu Yellow Submarine Undersea Tour Corp, after its undersea vessel smashed a coral reef off Mactan.
Local government’s power over small scale mining contracts in their areas is not absolute, the Supreme Court said.
As an archipelagic country rich in fish and other marine life, the Philippines has a major role to play in protecting oceans and ensuring the sustainable use of underwater resources, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said Friday.
The employees union of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is appealing to the government to “soften the blow” of the looming rationalization program that is seen to cut the agency’s workforce by at least 20 percent.
Some 200 hectares of land on the historic Corregidor island will be planted with trees endemic to the area to boost its biological diversity and promote the tourist spot as a bird-watching sanctuary, officials said.
Various citizen groups will participate in the crafting of the budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for next year, the first time the agency will open the process to civil society groups, according to the budget advocacy group La Liga Policy Institute.
Tarsier colonies have been discovered in two villages in Southern Mindanao, exciting environmental officials who had always thought the tiny primate could not survive outside Bohol.
Environmental activists picketed the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Quezon City on Thursday in protest against its order permitting Philex Mining Corp. to resume operations in its Padcal facility.
In a bid to weed out “mere speculators,” the government is imposing higher minimum capital requirements and fees on companies applying for mining permits.
The country’s largest gold producer, Philex Mining Corp., allegedly destroyed a portion of a protected forest in Itogon, Benguet, to build a road to its new mine waste facility.
Imagine a bird-watching expedition to Mt. Hamiguitan in Davao Oriental. The highlight of the trip: a rare opportunity to see the Philippine eagle in the wild.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has indicted for graft and suspended for one year without pay three regional officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in connection with the questionable disapproval of the survey plans of some lot owners to give way to the foreshore lease application of another company in 2007.
