Environment

No extension for BARMM parliamentary COC filing, Comelec warns aspirants

MANILA (May 6) — Aspirants for district seats in the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections have only a three-day window to file their certificates of candidacy (COCs), as the Commission on...

Ipil’s barangay info network targets misinformation—but gaps in capacity, funding remain

Coordination meeting with Ipil LGU for the May 13 organization of Barangay Information Officers Network (BION) and capacity...

Davao Bets Big on Coffee, Chocolate Tourism—Farmers Still Waiting

DAVAO CITY (May 6) — Davao City is expanding its popular coffee and chocolate crawl this June, banking...

BARMM’s ₱5.1B investments raise hopes—but will Sulu, Basilan, Maguindanao benefit equally?

The Bangsamoro Board of Investments (BBOI) approves 6 new investments projects worth a combined P2.6 billion projected to...

BARMM digitizes aid system to target vulnerable families—but delivery, data risks loom

COTABATO CITY (May 6) — A new digital system promising faster, fairer delivery of aid across the Bangsamoro...
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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,...

57 families in Sarangani village flee due to tension cracks

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- At least 57 families from an upland village in Alabel town, Sarangani province, have evacuated due to huge ground cracks that...
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