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DECLARE 2022 AS YEAR OF PROTECTED AREAS – DENR

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim Sampulna vowed to push the proclamation of the Year of the Protected Areas (YoPA) in celebration of the 90th year of the enactment of Republic Act (RA) 3915 that formally established the national parks system in the country. “I pledge to do my best to […]

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DENR PLANTS 150,000 TREES FOR ENVIRONMENT MONTH

In celebration of this year’s Philippine Environment Month, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) led recently a simultaneous nationwide tree-planting activity to help restore the country’s forest cover. The DENR mobilized 15,636 participants to plant 154,406 seedlings of several tree species at planting sites all over the country. DENR Acting Secretary Jim Sampulna […]

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DENR LEADS CELEBRATION OF PHILIPPINE EAGLE WEEK

As the country celebrates the Philippine Eagle Week, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Jim Sampulna said Filipinos should be reminded of their responsibility as caretakers of the wildlife and the importance of the Philippine eagle in sustaining life. With this year’s theme, “Kapayapaan at Kalayaan: Ang Agila at Mamamayan, May Kaugnayan,” the […]

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DENR, DOST TURN OVER MALABON TRASH RAKE FACILITY

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), together with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), led the ceremonial turn-over of the P7.6-million Automatic Trash Rake (ATR) facility to Malabon City. DENR Acting Secretary Jim Sampulna said the facility serves as an “alternative measure to improve flood control operation through better trash collection rate […]

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JUNE IS PH ENVIRONMENT MONTH – SAMPULNA

In celebration of the 2022 Philippine Environment Month this June, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is highlighting efforts toward the protection and sustainable use of the country’s natural resources through activities that call for collective and transformative action for the protection and restoration of the planet. With the theme, “Aksyon Para sa […]

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DENR TO OPEN MANILA BAY DOLOMITE BEACH ON JUNE 12

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim Sampulna said the Manila Bay Dolomite Beach will be reopened to the public on June 12 coinciding with the country’s celebration of Independence Day.  Initially scheduled to reopen in May, the DENR has moved the date as some infrastructures have yet to be finished in […]

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DENR LAUDS ANALYTIC TOOLKIT VS WILDLIFE CRIMES

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Jim Sampulna praised the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) for launching a technical review process of the current response to wildlife and forest crimes in the Philippines. Sampulna said the Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit will combat the unlawful and “lucrative” industry of illegal […]

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DUTERTE SIGNS 5 NEW PROTECTED AREAS LAWS – DENR

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has welcomed the enactment of laws establishing five more protected areas under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS), which brings to 112 the total number of legislated protected areas nationwide. President Rodrigo Duterte recently signed into law Republic Act (RA) 11684 or the Mt. Arayat Protected […]

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Politics

TAMPAKAN MINING PROJECT IS SAFE, SAYS TOLENTINO

Senator Francis Tolentino said the Tampakan copper-gold project being pushed to resume by Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) in Tampakan, South Cotabato will be beneficial to local residents. Tolentino stressed the Tampakan copper-gold project will be “cost-effective” and safe. “Cost effective yung extraction ng open-pit mining kasi mababaw lang ang paghuhukay niyan eh, makukuha agad yung mina,” the legislator said in “Sa […]

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DENR DISTRIBUTES 415 LAND TITLES IN REGION 10

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its “Handog Titulo” program, has awarded land titles to 415 qualified beneficiaries in Northern Mindanao. During a ceremonial turnover at the DENR Region 10 Multi-Purpose Court in Cagayan de Oro City, Original Certificates of Title (OCTs) were distributed to 200 beneficiaries in Bukidnon, 10 in Camiguin, […]