MANILA — Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu on Sunday said there’s no turning back for the planned rehabilitation of the historic Manila Bay. Cimatu led an estimated 5,000-strong contingent of public and private sector representatives, who committed to help rehabilitate Manila Bay to save it from further environmental degradation. He afterwards […]
Environment
In DavOr: Rain subsides, displaced families advised to go home
MATI, DAVAO ORIENTAL (January 28) -–The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Council (PDRRMC) here has advised the 312 families from Cateel town, to go home as rain subsided. The residents left their homes following the pre-emptive evacuation order early Sunday morning. As of Sunday night, January 27, advisories about the heavy rainfall in Mindanao was lifted, […]
Soldiers evacuate 107 families in DavOr as water level rises
MATI, DAVAO ORIENTAL (January 27) — Members of the 67th Infantry Battalion here helped the 107 families fom Cateel town to evacuate starting 12:07 this morning as the water level in Aragon dam started to swell. The three-day heavy downpour brought about by the tail-end of a cold front caused the swelling of the dam, […]
House OKs medical marijuana bill on 2nd reading
MANILA — The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a proposed bill allowing the use of medical marijuana in the country. House Bill 6517 or the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis, which was principally authored by Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III, has the support of President Rodrigo Duterte and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. […]
DavOr alert up due to low pressure
MATI, DAVAO ORIENTAL (January 20)— The provincial government here convened the members of the Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) Sunday noon for a Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment (PDRA) as the Low-Pressure Area (LPA) has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility midday Sunday. PDRRMC Chairman Governor Nelson Dayanghirang has raised a “blue alert status” which […]
NHA provides housing units for GenSan fire victims
DAVAO CITY (January 18) — The National Housing Authority (NHA) has allowed 30 of the 191 families from Purok Islam, Barangay Dadiangas South, whose houses were razed by the December 28 , 2018 fire. The families affected were informal settlers, they were provided temporary shelter at the gymnasium of the Ireneo Santiago National High School. […]
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake shakes up Davao Oriental
DAVAO CITY (January 16) — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook up the province of Davao Oriental province early this morning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) revealed that earthquake at 4:03 a.m., some 127 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso town. Phivolcs said it was tectonic in origin and had a depth of 114 kilometers. […]
75 deaths due to ‘Usman’ still being validated: NDRRMC
DAVAO CITY (January 1) — The National Disaster Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) is still verifying reports that floods and landslides, triggered by inclement weather caused by Tropical Depression Usman, have so far caused the death of 75 persons in Mimaropa, Bicol and Eastern Visayas. Verification is being conducted by the Management of […]
CDO’s ‘Hapsay Kable’ trims 238-km dead wires, cables in 2018
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (January 1) — A total of 238 kilometers of dead wires and cables were untangled and cleaned up by the city’s Task Force “Hapsay Kable (cables in order)” throughout the year of 2018 or an additional of 104 more kilometers since its last report in June. According to Teodoro Buenavista Jr., […]
P350-M drug rehab center in Sarangani unveiled
GENERAL SANTOS CITY–The government of China and the Department of Health (DOH) unveiled on Monday the newly-completed P350 million Soccsksargen regional drug treatment and rehabilitation center in the Sarangani town of Alabel. Representatives from the Chinese Embassy in Manila formally turned over to DOH officials the three-hectare modern rehabilitation facility, which was completed nine months […]
Puerto Princesa vows to conserve Philippine cockatoo
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Penal authorities, village leaders, and conservationists renewed here Friday a memorandum of agreement designed to protect the critically endangered Philippine cockatoo inside the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF). The covenant covers the conservation, protection, management, and preservation of the bird species’ known nesting and foraging grounds in 10 barangays […]
Huge 500-kg saltwater crocodile caught in Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Wildlife authorities in Palawan have caught a saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) measuring 15.6 feet in Balabac, days after a fisherman was attacked and killed by a crocodile last month. Experts from the Palawan Wildlife Reserve and Rescue Center (PWRC) “extracted” the saltwater crocodile in Barangay Malaking Ilog at 2 p.m. […]
Cimatu orders 6-month rehab of El Nido
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Wednesday ordered the municipal government of El Nido to conduct immediately the rehabilitation of the environmental condition of the whole 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,” […]