Environment

PH debt hits record ₱18.16T in February, driven by local borrowing push

MANILA  (April 2)  --- The Philippines’ total outstanding debt climbed to a new high of ₱18.16 trillion in February, as the government leaned more heavily on domestic borrowing to...

DOLE sets Holy Week pay rules, warns firms to comply

DAVAO CITY (April 2)  --- The Department of Labor and Employment has laid out mandatory pay rules for...

BARMM bets on youth research—but will P1M grants translate to real policy change?

COTABATO CITY (April 2)  -- Bangsamoro Youth Commission has awarded ₱1 million in research grants to five young...

Ambush exposes cracks in Bangsamoro peace deal as monitors warn of ‘utter failure’

DAVAO CITY (April 2) --- A deadly ambush that killed five police officers in Maguindanao del Sur is...

High-Tech Hope, Hard Realities: AI Drones Enter Davao’s Banana Fight

DAVAO CITY (April 1)  — In the banana heartland of southern Philippines, a new experiment is taking flight—promising...
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DA to include jeepney, tricycle drivers in ₱20 Rice Program starting Sept. 16

MANILA  (August 30) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced that jeepney and tricycle drivers will soon be part of the beneficiaries of the...

DENR-12 seizes illegal lumber in Sarangani Boat-Making crackdown

Photo courtesy: DENR Soccsksargen KORONADAL CITY (August 28) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-12, together with partner agencies, confiscated over 3,400 board...

PBBM launches drainage clean-up drive in Metro Manila

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday launched the drainage clean-up drive in Metro Manila to de-clog heavily silted waterways that cause the...

Buried in silence, another life lost to gold

DAVAO CITY (Juky 28) – The death of a miner in Mawab marks yet another tragedy in Davao de Oro’s perilous quest for...

Rains to continue due to ‘Emong,’ ‘habagat’

MANILA – Tropical Depression Emong (international name Co-May) and the southwest monsoon will continue to bring rains over parts of Luzon and the Visayas, the...

Civil Society to Marcos: Make climate action and environmental rights a top SONA priority

DAVAO CITy (July 24) — As communities continue to recover from devastating floods brought by intense monsoon rains and Typhoon Danas, civil society organizations...
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