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Politics

LEGARDA: ENFORCE ALL ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN PH

In celebration of World Environment Day, four-term Senator Loren Legarda urges the government and the private sector to go beyond rhetoric and fully implement the country’s environmental laws while integrating ecological sustainability into all development plans. Observed every June 5, World Environment Day serves as the United Nations’ principal platform for encouraging worldwide awareness and […]

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Government

DENR WANTS PERMANENT BUREAU TO ENFORCE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

Instead of creating task forces that are temporary in nature, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be more effective in protecting the environment if it has its own permanent bureau dedicated to enforcing environmental laws and regulations. This was pointed out by Nilo Tamoria, executive director of the DENR’s Environmental Protection and […]