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.
Sen. Edgardo Angara has called on today’s youth to build a strong middle class in a speech at the commencement exercises of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Sunday committed to lending his agency’s technical skills to an initiative of the Office of the Ombudsman that would ensure that all cities, municipalities and provinces complied with the solid waste management law.
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.
Tourists must leave a healing rather than a damaging footprint on local communities and the natural world, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said on Saturday, as he announced his campaign for a different brand of tourism called “voluntourism.”
Yet again President Aquino will have to reappoint members of his Cabinet who failed to get the nod of the Commission on Appointments (CA).
A 59-year-old forester died on the spot on January 1 at 12:30 a.m., when he was gunned down with an armalite rifle by still unidentified men as he was trying to prevent the entry of a wood-loaded truck at a checkpoint in Barangay (village) San Pedro in Maddela, Quirino, sketchy reports from local police and environment officials, said.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is preparing to have a hazard-free and disaster-free year ahead.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje should withdraw the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) issued to a consortium of energy firms that wants to build a coal-fired power plant here and instead support efforts to expand a power plant in Masinloc town to protect Subic Bay, said Zambales Vice Gov. Ramon Lacbain II.
Environment and natural resources officials attributed on Thursday the high number of casualties in several Compostela Valley towns to unheeded government warnings on typhoon Pablo, emphasizing that illegal logging and illegal mining were to blame for the devastation.
President Benigno Aquino III’s marching orders to Environment Secretary Ramon Paje brooked no argument: Do not compromise on the environment.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has declared coastal areas in a town in Agusan del Norte as a safe haven for marine turtles.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said the anti-corruption thrust of the government was restoring public trust in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources following years of ill repute due to graft and misconduct in the agency.
