Environment

Lanao communities press BTA: Pass a fair districting law before 2026 polls

Photo courtesy: Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament COTABATO CITY (December 12) — Residents of Lanao del Sur and Marawi City are urging the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) to pass a “pro-people”...

DavOcc police, local media unite to combat fake news, protect communities

MALITA, Davao Occidental (December 12) — Police and local media in Davao Occidental have pledged to jointly combat...

Study: Violent discipline cuts Filipino kids’ chances of staying in school by half

DAVAO CITY (December 12) — Violent discipline at home sharply reduces Filipino children’s odds of staying in school,...

₱36-M debt wiped out, 1,036 land titles awarded: Thousands of BARMM farmers finally freed from decades of burden

COTABATO CITY (December 12) — The Bangsamoro Government has condoned ₱36 million in agrarian debt and distributed 1,036...

Inside BARMM’s cigarette-smuggling corridors: Lanao del Sur haul exposes old routes, new tactics

ZAMBOANGA CITY  (December 11) — The ₱1.6-million cigarette shipment intercepted by Lanao del Sur police before dawn Tuesday...
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Mt. Apitong in Iloilo due for rehab

ILOILO CITY, Philippines  --- The rehabilitation of the degraded forest land in Mount Apitong in Concepcion, Iloilo has earned another supporter after the signing...

Philippine Eagle center braces against avian flu

DAVAO CITY, Philippines--- The Philippine Eagle Foundation announces the temporary closure of the Philippine Eagle Center on August 15-16, 2017 due to the avian...

Indigenous trees for Paoay sand dunes

LAOAG CITY, Philippines--- Government workers and environmentalist of  of  Paoay town   Leyte planted indigenous trees in an effort to re-green sand dunes Saturday,...

Malaysia foils attempts to smuggle ivory tusks, pangolin scales

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian authorities said Wednesday that officials have foiled two attempts to smuggle elephant ivory tusks and pangolin scales, worth up...

70 dead marine turtles recovered in Northern Palawan

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines --- Police authorities recovered around 70 pieces of dead marine turtles (pawikan) in the northern Palawan town of Dumaran early morning...

Magnitude 6.5 quake shakes Leyte

DAVAO CITY, Philippines---A magnitude-6.5 earthquake hit  the province of Leyte Thursday afternoon July 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake...
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