Department of Environment and Natural Resources

DENR to issue temporary order against waste imports

August 15, 2019 admin benny antiporda, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation, temporary order against waste imports

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 21:42:34 +0000

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will soon come out with an administrative order that would impose a three-month moratorium on waste-related imports, following the longstanding controversies on waste imported by the country. The order, expected to be issued within the month, would also implement a P3-million security bond for every permit issued […]

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Cordoned area in Boracay lifted as DENR says water’s coliform levels are ‘safe’

August 15, 2019 admin Boracay Island, chinese citizen, DENR, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, diaper, Latest News Stories, Philippine news updates, Regions, station 1

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:53:51 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The cordoned area in the Boracay island has been lifted and opened again as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said test samples of the water revealed safe coliform levels. This was after a Chinese tourist was caught on video dumping her child’s used diapers in the sand, causing a […]

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Part of Boracay shoreline closed for cleanup after pooping incident

August 14, 2019 admin Boracay, boracay interagency task force, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Tourism, DoT, Latest News Stories, local news, Nation, news, Philippine news updates, Regions, sec. berna romulo-puyat, Tourism

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:14:17 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — A portion of Boracay’s shoreline was closed Wednesday to conduct a 48 to 72-hour cleanup after a foreign tourist supposedly let her child defecate in its waters, Tourism chief Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. Puyat confirmed Environment Sec. Roy Cimatu instructed Boracay Inter-agency Task Force (BITF) General Manager Natividad Bernardino to isolate the area […]

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DID YOU KNOW (Heritage Tree Program)

August 1, 2019 admin Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Headlines, heritage tree program, Metro, trees

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:00:16 +0000

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources pioneered the Heritage Tree Program in 2009.

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Police, DENR nab 5 Vietnamese with endangered tree product in Butuan

July 26, 2019 admin agarwood, butuan, DENR, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, endangered tree species, Latest News Stories, local news, Philippine news updates, Regions, vietnamese nationals

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:09:11 +0000

Five Vietnamese nationals were arrested in separate operations here after they were caught transporting several kilos of Agarwood.

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Boracay, Manila Bay woes won’t happen in Sarangani, DENR assures

July 25, 2019 admin Boracay, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Headlines, Latest News Stories, manila bay, Regions, sabdullah abubacar, Sarangani

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:05:20 +0000

Environment officials are stepping up their watch over the health of Saragani Bay to avoid the tragedy that befell Boracay Island or Manila Bay, which have been undergoing rehabilitation due to pollution and other development-related problems.

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DENR heightens Sarangani Bay watch

July 25, 2019 admin DENR, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Latest News Stories, local news, Philippine news updates, Regions, sabdullah abubacar, sarangani bay

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 07:28:51 +0000

Environment authorities in Sarangani province are stepping up their watch over the health of Sarangani Bay to avoid the tragedy that befell Boracay or Manila Bay.

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DENR lifts cease order on Baguio garbage operations

July 2, 2019 admin Baguio City, cease order, DENR, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, dump, Garbage, Latest News Stories, Regions, waste processing

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 08:47:01 +0000

A temporary order suspending waste processing operations at Baguio’s decommissioned dump was lifted on Monday (July 1), after the new mayor promised to convert the city’s mountain of trash into an ecological park by yearend.

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Parts of Manila Bay to be fenced off — DENR undersecretary

February 5, 2019 admin DENR, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, environment, Latest News Stories, manila bay, Metro, news, rehab, Rehabilitation

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:45:17 +0000

Parts of Manila Bay will be fenced off following the surge of people who swam in its waters, DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said Tuesday.

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‘No laws yet to enforce Boracay tourist cap’ – DENR, Aklan execs

September 19, 2018 admin biatf, boracay cleanup, boracay closure, boracay inter-agency task force, boracay tourist cap, DENR, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Florencio Miraflores, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation

The government does not have a law to use as basis in enforcing limits on the number of people entering Boracay, environment and local officials admitted on Wednesday.

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