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Water utility firm Boracay Tubi System Inc. (BTSI) has assured there is no direct discharge of untreated wastewater into open sea and that it is operating a complete waterworks system with septage management. In a statement, BTSI said its joint water sampling conducted with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in its interceptor […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu hits the ground running as the newly appointed chair of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) in answer to President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to clean the Pasig River. Cimatu led a technical inspection of the Pasig River and pledged to get rid of informal settlers and go after polluters of the […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) welcomed the recent coastal clean-up activities by volunteers but maintains that local government units (LGUs) nationwide must still be the prime solid waste management movers in their respective areas of jurisdiction and address the problem of garbage. Rey Aguinaldo, chief of DENR-National Capital Region (NCR) regional office’s […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is looking forward to a “more efficient and environmentally sustainable” mining in the country with the recent signing of a landmark mining cooperation agreement between the Philippines and Japan. “We are gradually entering into a new realm and climbing greater heights when it comes to mining with this cooperation with the […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has gained another partner in its National Greening Program (NGP), the government’s most ambitious reforestation bid so far. DENR and private school Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Manila recently signed the memorandum of agreement covering the school’s participation in the NGP, said Dexter Villa, DENR development management […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is supporting the government’s plan of sourcing additional water supply from the Laguna Lake to address the perennial water woes of Metro Manila, Secretary Roy Cimatu said. During the agency’s presentation of its proposed P25 billion budget for 2020, Cimatu told the House Committee on Appropriations that […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Friday assured lawmakers that the Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program is in full swing, with a probability that the once polluted body of water will be declared safe for swimming activities by the end of the year. The probability of Manila Bay being fit for swimming was […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has transferred the chairmanship of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) to the Department of Natural Resources (DENR). Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, by authority of the President, signed Executive Order 90. EO 90 transfers the chairmanship of the PRRC from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary to the DENR Secretary. […]
The top official of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) said the Duterte administration remains committed to ensuring the safety of journalists in the country. Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco, executive director of the PTFOMS which is under the Office of the President, said the task force’s top mandate is to protect the […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is open to volunteers for simultaneous coastal cleanup activities in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the annual International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD). Institutions and groups interested in joining the September 21 simultaneous cleanup, using their own resources, may already inform the DENR’s NCR office about their […]