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Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has welcomed the move by the Senate to approve the spending plan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for 2019. Cimatu said the approval of the DENR’s 2019 budget amounting to P24.17 billion would allow the agency to deliver on the priority programs and projects geared towards the […]
A new book jointly launched by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks to mobilize more grassroots action on forest and biodiversity conservation nationwide. Launched in Quezon City, the book “In the Heart of the Forest” aims to promote such action by showcasing real-life stories […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu ordered the municipal government of El Nido to immediately rehabilitate the environmental condition of the resort town. “You told us last time that it will take you six months to rehabilitate. We will give you six months to rehabilitate El Nido,” Cimatu told town Mayor Nieves Rosento while doing site inspection […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu recently ordered all regional directors of the agency to have all rivers under their jurisdiction cleaned within a one-year period. Cimatu issued the order in Cebu City during the opening of the 4th International River Summit at the Radisson Blu Hotel. Cimatu said it is […]
State-owned Duty Free Philippines Corp. (DFPC) signaled the start of the Christmas season during a tree-lighting ceremony at its newest downtown outlet, Luxe Duty Free, at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City. The ceremony was led by Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat recently, together with DFPC chief operating officer Vico Angala. With a few […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said she had recommended to President Rodrigo Duterte the closure of non-compliant tourism establishments in El Nido. Romulo-Puyat wrote to the local government units of El Nido in September 2018, urging them to address easement issues and environmental woes. To date, the enforcement of easement zone is currently done by the […]
In line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s warning to mining companies to shape up, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will soon come up with a policy reinventing the mining sector. “We will be coming out with the proposed policy reinventing mining that will spread the benefits to the people without compromising the environment […]
Senator Panfilo Lacson is pushing a Senate investigation into a PhP 59.8 million mess involving the withholding of daily subsistence allowance and explosive ordnance disposal hazardous pay for the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) elite Special Action Force (SAF). Lacson said the withholding of such allowances, if true, threatens to demoralize members of the SAF, who […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has suspended the expansion activities of Alpha Water Realty Services Corporation (AWRSC), operator of the Masinloc Coal-fired thermal power plant project in Zambales after several violations were found related to its reclamation activities within the Masinloc Oyon Bay Marine Reserve (MOBMR). “We will review their compliance to […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has commended the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the rescue of over 300 smuggled live animals and the arrest of four suspects in what has been dubbed as one of the country’s largest wildlife busts. The successful operation was carried out […]