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DENR Bataan plants bamboo, conducts coastal clean up
By Mar T. Supnad BATAAN – In celebration of the World Bamboo Day, personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Office led by their provincial environment and natural resources officer (PENRO) Raul H. Mamac, planted bamboo seedlings and conducted coastal clean-up today in the towns of Hermosa and Bagac. “We have had a…
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Villar identifies growth areas under new normal
Activities and travel related to agriculture and environment, according to Senator Cynthia Villar, will be the new growth areas and will provide the impetus to revive travel and tourism, one of the most adversely affected sectors by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “We all know that the ongoing lockdowns all over the country and the world…
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Angono takes firm stand vs mining
By Fernan Angeles THE local government unit of a town in Rizal regarded as the Art Capital of the Philippines is taking a firm stand which they regard as their only ticket to prevent an imminent catastrophe by ending a 50-year operation of a mining company believed to be the reason behind flooding in their…
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Villar moves to protect ecologically-rich areas
Sen. Cynthia Villar moves to put more areas under government protection in filing bills that seek to declare protected areas in the provinces of Masbate, Negros Oriental, and Pampanga. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, said there is a need to amend Republic Act 11038 or the Expanded National Integrated Protected…