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PUERTO GALERA TO HAVE 2ND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT – CIMATU

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has received a major boost in its efforts to preserve the waters of  Puerto Galera and its marine resources with a donation of a prime property that will house a second and bigger sewage treatment plant (STP) near its famous White Beach. The 1.14-hectare property located at Barangay […]

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SENATORS PAY TRIBUTE TO GINA LOPEZ

Senators paid tribute to the late environmentalist and philanthropist Gina Lopez, who died due to multiple organ failure. Lopez, the long-time chairperson of ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. (AFI) and former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) secretary in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte, passed away at age 65. Senator Bong Go, who had the […]

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KANTALIKASAN MUSIC ALBUM TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CARE FOR ENVIRONMENT – CIMATU

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), recently launched a music album featuring songs about nature to help inspire and promote environmental awareness and change. The launch of KANTALIKASAN capped the celebration of the Philippine Environment Month, with the theme “Beat Air Pollution.” This year’s celebration also paid […]

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MORE THAN 100 KALIGKASAN, 32 LAWIN VOLUNTEERS PLEDGE TO BE BORACAY’S ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCERS – CIMATU

The Philippine National Police (PNP) launched its Kaligtasan at Kalikasan (Kaligkasan) volunteer program in Boracay coinciding with the island’s reopening to help promote environmental protection in tourism areas. The Kaligkasan program is a project of the PNP, which taps local volunteers in ensuring security and environmental protection in tourist destinations in the country. The Kaligkasan […]

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PUBLIC SERVICE IS A CALLING – VILLAR

Public service is a calling that not everyone can competently and ably deliver, Senator Cynthia Villar said as she rallied career executives and rank-and-file employees to put more heart and integrity in their service to the government. “Public service is a difficult career. You put long hours and great effort in delivering services to the […]

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GREATER COOPERATION AMONG COUNTRIES NEEDED FOR PROTECTION, CONSERVATION OF ENVIRONMENT – VILLAR

Senator Cynthia Villar has called for more discussions and greater cooperation among countries towards securing biodiversity and protection and conservation of the environment as she stressed the correlation between climate change and the global goal of food security. In a speech before participants attending a series of dialogues on biological diversity in the country, Villar […]