Under the Enhanced National Greening Program (ENGP), the government’s flagship reforestation initiative, the DENR is set to cover 16,867 hectares of land nationwide with bamboo trees.
Category: Environment
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250K quarantine passes in Cebu City suspended
CEBU CITY – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday ordered the suspension of 250,000 enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) passes issued by the city government to residents here. The suspension took effect at 10 p.m. on Tuesday but with no definite period as to its effectivity. Brig. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro, chief of the Police Regional Office...
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Officials watching rivers as floods chase people out of downtown Fort McMurray
An ice jam, or ice dam, happens when chunks of ice clump together to block the flow of a river. A 25-kilometre ice jam caused major flooding in Fort McMurray communities near the river.
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EARTH DAY 2020: CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY FROM HOME
Today, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day reminds us to take care of our planet—that our world is warming dangerously. Humans may have neglected it far too long. Failure to act today will deeply affect the future of the next generation. Let us all do our part in taking...
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PHL President Duterte hits Aquinos for excluding Hacienda Luisita from land reform
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday described the exclusion of the Hacienda Luisita from the agrarian reform program as “the greatest aberration” done to farmer-beneficiaries. Duterte said although he has “nothing against” the Aquino family, including the late President Corazon Aquino and her son, President Benigno Aquino III, he said farmer-beneficiaries should have been awarded...