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Ilang kontrata sa pagmimina na ‘inaprubahan’ ng Aquino administration, kinuwestiyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 01:25 AM

Kinuwestiyon ng isang anti-mining group ang ilang kontrata sa pagmimina na inaprubahan ng nakaraang administrasyon.  Read more »

Boracay trash to be transported out of the island daily - DENR exec

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 03 12:22 PM

Trash collected inside Boracay will be transported out of the island every day to avoid "stockpiling" when it reopens later this month, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said Wednesday. Read more »

Gov't to limit Boracay tourists to 19,000 daily

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 03 10:22 AM

Only 19,000 tourists will be allowed within Boracay at any given day when the holiday island reopens later this month, an environment official said Wednesday. Read more »

With sole regulator status, TIEZA sees better water services when Boracay reopens

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 09:20 PM

Before the island's shutdown in April, both TIEZA and the National Water Resources Board were claiming to be Boracay's water regulator. Read more »

Ilang residente sa Naga, Cebu pinaglilipat-bahay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 10:36 PM

Pinalilipat ng bahay ang ilang residente sa Barangay Tinaan sa Naga City, Cebu dahil sa banta na muling magkaroon ng landslide. Read more »

DENR starts issuing ECCs to Boracay establishments

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 10:40 PM

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has begun issuing environmental compliance certificates (ECC) to some businesses in Boracay, after complying with environmental laws.   Read more »

DENR allows quarrying to resume but keeps ban in Naga, Cebu

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 08:31 PM

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Thursday said it is lifting the suspension on 90 percent of quarry operations nationwide.  Read more »

DENR ipasasara ang mga 'delikadong' minahan sa Itogon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 10:02 PM

Ipasasara na ng DENR ang mga "delikadong" minahan sa Itogon, Benguet. Read more »

‘Wala nang senyales ng buhay sa Itogon landslide’: OCD

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 09:24 PM

Tututok na ngayon ang grupo sa search and retrieval operations.  Read more »

Boracay vacation rates may rise as gov't eyes tourist entry limits

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 10:29 AM

Vacation rates in Boracay, one of the country's primary tourist spots, may go up when it finally opens to visitors after a state-initiated 6-month cleanup, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Tuesday. Read more »

Landslide threatens Barangay Ucab in Itogon as Typhoon Paeng looms

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 05:46 PM

Residents of Barangay Ucab in Itogon, where dozens of people were buried in a landslide, must leave their homes because of an 'imminent danger' discovered by authorities, an official of the DENR said Monday. Read more »

Quarry firm heeds gov't order, suspends operations in wake of Cebu landslide

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 11:03 AM

Apo Land and Quarry Corp. (ALQC) said it will comply with the cease and desist order of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to ensure public safety. Read more »

DENR suspends top MGB Central Visayas officials after fatal landslide

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 08:59 PM

Cimatu said the DENR is sending a team from Manila to thoroughly investigate the incident in Naga City.   Read more »

DENR, hinimok na maglabas ng babala sa mga landslide-prone areas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 03:36 AM

Hinimok ng ilang environment groups ang DENR na maglabas ng babala sa mga lugar na posibleng makaranas ng pagguho gaya ng nangyari sa Itogon dahil umano sa pagmimina. Read more »

Lupa, mano-manong hinuhukay para sa mga natabunan sa Itogon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 09:00 PM

Dahil hindi makapasok ang mga malalaking equipment, nagtiyaga ang mga rescuer sa paggamit ng mga pala, piko, at maging ng kanilang mga kamay. Read more »

Duterte wants end to mining as Ompong death toll mounts

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 08:22 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said if it were up to him, he would seek an end to all mining practices in the Philippines, as majority of the people who died from typhoon Ompong were buried miners and their families. Read more »

DENR stops small-scale mining ops in CAR in wake of ‘Ompong’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 12:20 PM

MANILA - Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Monday said he has issued a cease and desist order on small-scale mining operations in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the wake of typhoon Ompong’s onslaught.  Read more »

DENR urged to cancel coal projects

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 07:42 PM

Members of coal-affected communities, electric consumers, climate justice and environmental groups stage a picket-rally in front of the DENR headquarters on Thursday. Read more »

DENR eyes declaring more mineral reservation areas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 10:27 PM

The environment department said a new plan to declare more mineral reservation areas would not necessarily mean opening up more lands for mining operations. Read more »

New mineral reservations doesn't mean okay to mine, says DENR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 10:11 PM

MANILA – Declaring new mining areas does not mean mining companies are already allowed to extract minerals, an environment official said Friday.  Read more »