Boracay just a side issue in Duterte’s agrarian reform – DAR chief
Placing Boracay under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) is just “a side issue” in the Duterte administration’s plan to implement the second phase of agrarian reform.
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Placing Boracay under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) is just “a side issue” in the Duterte administration’s plan to implement the second phase of agrarian reform.
What is happening in Scarborough is not barter, but piracy by Chinese Coast Guard personnel who “forcibly” take away the prized catch of Filipino fishermen.
So-called netizens can help combat illegal-wildlife trade, which now uses online social-media platforms.
Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu on June 12 issued a statement disclosing the plan to impose a single-use plastic ban on the pollution-challenged Boracay Island to help address its growing solid-waste management problem.
The Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) is pushing for collective efforts in protecting and conserving Southeast Asia’s marine resources.
THE Climate Change Commission (CCC) recently rolled out a five-day Modular Training Program for higher education institutions (HEIs) to train academic practitioners across Luzon in various aspects of climate science and risk-based action planning.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) plans to partner with owners of business establishments on Boracay Island for the co-management of the island’s wetland ecosystem.
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is moving to implement a housing project for agrarian-reform beneficiaries to boost poverty alleviation in the countryside, expanding or extending the form of support services the agency regularly provides according to its legal mandate.
Activists belonging to the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), Anakpawis, Kilusang Mayo Uno and other groups on Tuesday marked the 120th Independence Day celebration with protest actions to condemn the continuing harassment of Filipino fishermen by Chinese naval forces in the West Philippine Sea.
The Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) on Monday chided the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for requesting for more powers for the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) over Agri-business Venture Agreements (AVA).
Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu on June 3 issued a call to the public to refrain from using plastic products, particularly single-use plastics that end up clogging waterways or, worse, polluting the oceans.
The Philippine eagle, the country’s national bird, may have been living among other prehistoric animals like whales, marine turtles and crocodiles.
The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) is urging President Duterte to grant the body more powers over agri-business venture agreement (AVA) cases, an official of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said.
A dive shop operating on Boracay Island on Wednesday criticized the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for including the firm on the list of establishments that allegedly violated environmental laws.
THE planned distribution of government-owned lands under the Duterte administration’s agrarian-reform program will cost the government at least P10 billion more on top of the annual budget of the agency under the General Appropriations Act (GAA), an official of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said.
AGRICULTURAL lands previously covered by an exemption or a land conversion on Boracay Island will not be spared, as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is pushing to place more than 600 hectares of agricultural lands on the island under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
The iconic Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) is the most revered bird of prey in the Philippines.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has identified the business establishments that are illegally discharging untreated wastewater in Boracay through hidden pipes.
To avoid the incidence of exploding electronic cigarette or e-cigarette device there’s a need to regulate the relatively new but a slowly growing vaping industry in the Philippines.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is currently crafting a stringent policy that will require all establishments on Boracay Island, whether connected or not to the sewer line, to secure discharge permits from the DENR’s Environmental Management Bureau (EMB).
ENVIRONMENTAL groups are up in arms against a proposed oil and gas exploration project that threatens the livelihood of tens of thousands of municipal fishers in 30 coastal towns near the Visayas and Camotes seas.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has assured the public that all original land records with the Land Management Bureau (LMB) are safe and secured, in the wake of a fire that scorched a building housing the LMB office in Binondo, Manila, on Monday morning.
To monitor the quality of tourist sites, enhance their ecological value, help preserve natural-resources and enhance their benefits for tourists, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (DENR-ERDB) recently released an Ecotourism Tracking Tool (ETT) to rate how “green” is an ecotourism site.
The Philippines is now facing natural resource scarcity due to numerous-factors, foremost of which was the degradation of terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) told Boracay Island’s two private water service providers to enhance their wastewater-treatment capacity to accommodate consumers willing to connect to their sewer lines.
THE Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) Secretariat is set to conclude a four-day National Exit Conference being held in Bolinao, Pangasinan, to audit the performance of agencies implementing the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) for the period covering 2009 to 2015.
The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB) is expanding the coverage of its ongoing study that will determine the carrying capacity of the world-famous Boracay Island.
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Roy A. Cimatu stood pat on maintaining the current moratorium on tourism activities in Boracay until water quality in the island is back to its pristine state.
THE signing of a Presidential Proclamation establishing portions of the Philippine Rise as a marine protected area (MPA) is giving protected-area (PA) management in the Philippines a big boost.
THE interagency Task Force Boracay will trace the sources of several illegal pipes that were recently uncovered near the White Beach on Boracay Island, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said.
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