The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 4-A (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) is encouraging candidates in the recent elections and their supporters, as well as local communities, to upcycle their election campaign materials. DENR 4-A Executive Director Maria Paz Luna said they fully support the call made by the Department of the […]
Author: Paz Liu
Positive changes are visible in the world-renowned island resort of Boracay, a year after its government-initiated environmental rehabilitation, the head of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu noted that the coliform level in Boracay’s waters these past months has been at 40 most probable number (MPN) per 100 […]
Efforts to rehabilitate Manila Bay are beginning to bear fruit. According to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu, he has received reports that swimming is already possible in some areas of the bay off Bataan province. “We’re improving in terms of cleaning up Manila Bay,” Cimatu said in Quezon City after […]
Residents living along major waterways in Metro Manila are being urged by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to become environment-conscious by not throwing trash in creeks and rivers to help fast-track the cleanup of Manila Bay and its tributaries. During the cleanup of the Maytunas Creek in San Juan City’s Barangay Addition […]
Some 50 firefighters from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the Cordillera region joined the massive cleanup drive to rehabilitate Manila Bay. BFP chief, Director Leonard Bañago said personnel from the various BFP offices who are in Metro Manila for the National Fire Olympics participated in the cleanup activity. “We are very happy and […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu has vowed to implement an extensive cleanup of the Manila Bay coastline. The bay’s coastline stretches some 190 kilometers through Cavite, Metro Manila, Bulacan and Pampanga. Cimatu made the assurance during his visit to the new DENR-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) office. “The […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) seeks to promote waste-to-energy technology (WtE) to help with the problem of waste management nationwide. “That’s our direction now, considering there’s increasing generation of waste in the country,” DENR Undersecretary Jonas Leones said. “That’s our direction now, considering there’s increasing generation of waste in the country.” Leones […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has called on all government offices around the Manila Bay region to ensure their compliance with the country’s clean water and solid waste management laws in line with the upcoming rehabilitation of the heavily polluted bay. Cimatu said government buildings located near Manila Bay should set a good example to commercial […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said the clean up and rehabilitation of Manila Bay is “not an impossible mission” if citizens are willing to do their share. DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said the lack of discipline among Filipinos could be the single biggest obstacle to the success of the bay’s rehabilitation. “Iisa […]
Government plans to start relocating informal settlers on the shores of Manila Bay as early as Phase 1 of the project to rehabilitate the polluted bay. According to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu, the plan aims to significantly curb pollution in Manila Bay as soon as possible and open up […]