Environment

Shear line rains devastate farms in Davao Region, losses near P1B

DAVAO CITY (March 12) — Torrential rains brought by a persistent shear line have ravaged farms across the Davao Region, leaving nearly P1 billion in agricultural losses and putting...

Lawmakers push crackdown on junk food ads targeting Filipino children

MANILA (March 12) — Alarmed by projections that childhood obesity could surge in the coming years, lawmakers and...

House moves to grant Marcos emergency power to cut fuel taxes as oil prices climb

MANILA (March 12) — Lawmakers are moving to hand Ferdinand Marcos Jr. temporary powers to suspend or reduce...

For BARMM’s poor, Ramadan charity brings relief—but also exposes deep inequality

COTABATO CITY (March 12) — In the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the Islamic holy month of...

‘Bayani’ Takes Flight: New Philippine Eagle Chick Signals Hope for Species Recovery

DAVAO CITY (March 11) — A new Philippine Eagle chick named Bayani is offering a renewed symbol of...
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6.9M earthquake hits Southern Mindanao

DAVAO CITY — A 6.9 earthquake of tectonic origin hit various areas of Mindanao at around 2:11 in the afternoon, December 15. The Phivolcs said the...

Tacloban eyes single-use plastic ban in 2020

TACLOBAN CITY -- The city government here has taken initial steps to regulate the generation of solid waste next year through the passage of an...

5.6 Magnitude quake jolts Davao Occidental

DAVAO CITY --- A 5.6 magnitude earthquake of tectonic origin jolted parts of Southern Mindanao at around 8:24 Thursday...

11 face raps for transport of fossilized giant clams in CDO

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Eleven individuals caught transporting fossilized giant clams or “taklobo” in Barangay Lumbia here are now facing administrative and criminal charges,...

100K residents evacuated in Albay due to ‘Tisoy’

LEGAZPI CITY -- Disaster authorities have started to evacuate over 100,000 persons living in lahar-prone areas across the province on Sunday in anticipation of heavy...

BARMM to reforest 10,000 hectares of land

DAVAO CITY ---The Bangsamoro government on Saturday launched the Integrated Bangsamoro Greening Program (IBGP) involving 10,000 hectares of open and denuded on Saturday,...
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