15 ka minahan sa rehiyon girekomendang esuspenso sa DENR

SURIGAO CITY (Sept. 28) - Kinse ka mga mining companies sa rehiyon ang nahilakip sa mga girekomendar sa DENR nga isuspende human nakumpleto ang gihimong pag-audit. Gianunsyo ni DENR Usec. Leo Jasareno ang listahan sa mga 20 ka mining companies sa tibuok nasud nga girekomend…

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Fruit seedlings ready for Siargao 'greening'

By Eugenio Lira, Jr. SURIGAO CITY - More than 14,000 pieces of various fruit seedlings arrived on Tuesday, September 10, for subsequent distribution to recipient towns for the 'greening' of Siargao Island. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Zaldy Pe…

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DENR Sec. Paje anoints Gov. Sol as Environment Czar

By: Eugene Lira, Jr. DENR Secretary Ramon Paje yesterday announced the designation of Governor Sol Matugas as Environment Czar for Surigao del Norte in order to protect the province from the disastrous activities of illegal loggers. The announcement was made by Sec. Paje du…

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Mining firm cries foul over gov't suspension of Surigao operation

PACIFIC NICKEL Philippines, Inc. (PNPI), a subsidiary of Philnico Industrial Corp. on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the government's sudden move to suspend its operations in a mineral reservation in Surigao del Norte countering claims of the government that it…

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Surigao Norte intensifies environmental protection

Governor Sol Matugas intensifies its environmental protection campaign by launching the “Kalimpyo, Kahapsay, Surigao” recently at the Luneta Kiosk which was followed immediately by a simultaneous clean up in the main city thorough fares. Provincial Environment Management Of…

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Joint oathtaking of Caraga's mining engineers, mine safety body set on Thursday

The Philippine Society of Mining Engineers ? Caraga Chapter (PSEM) and the Caraga Mine Safety and Health Committee (CMSHC), in coordination with the Chamber of Mines of Caraga Region Incorporated (CMCRI) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau-XIII (MGB-13), will hold a joint …

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Test case on new high court rule for environment issues filed in Surigao City

Surigao City - An environmental case was filed here Tuesday, June 22 under new rules approved by the Supreme Court that took effect last April. The Anislagan Bantay Kalikasan Task Force (ABAKATAF), aided by the Legal Rights Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan (LRC-KsK), filed an inju…

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Regional People’s Hour succesfully held in Surigao

The Regional People’s Hour is a banner program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources aimed at bringing the agency closer to the people. This initiative is very timely and entirely unique since for a long time government processes has been always known to be…

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Environment chief set to meet Caraga folk in Surigao City “People’s Hour”

Environment Secretary Horacio C. Ramos is expected to hold a “one-on-one” dialog with the different clients of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during the “Peoples Hour” on Wednesday, June 16, at the Surigao City Cultural Center in Surigao City. “Se…

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Phoenix-based mining firm interested in Siana, Mainit project

ONE OF the world’s largest miners, the Phoenix, Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., has expressed interest to invest as much as $5 billion in a mining project in either Kalinga or Surigao del Norte, a Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) official said. “Fre…

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DENR to Surigaonons, join 10 Million Movement for Mother Earth

As part of the nationwide Earth Day 2010 celebration, officials and personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the province urged all Surigaonons to join the “10 Million Movement” (10MM) for Mother Earth. PENRO Claudio Asumen said that the 10 …

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6 Dinagat towns plan for development

Six (6) towns of the province of Dinagat Islands (PDI) has started to think for their comprehensive development through the Sectoral Planning Workshop that DILG-13 conducted recently at Balanghai hotel and convention center, Butuan city. The municipalities of San Jose, Libj…

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Gov't nets P40.8M in forest protection drive in Caraga region

The no non-sense drive on forest protection campaign in the Caraga region had netted at least P40.8 million since last year up to the present. The huge amount was based on the confiscated 15,275.19 cubic meters or 249,420.50 board feet of illegally-cut round logs and lumber…

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Lumads seek probe on mining, logging in protected watershed

Tribal chieftains and their followers in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga Region) Tuesday requested the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to facilitate their request for a congressional inquiry on alleged logging and mining operations in 43,601 hectares of ancest…

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Peñablanca East Central voted RP's most sustainable, eco-friendly school, Bad-as Elem School in 3rd place

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through the Environment Management Bureau (EMB) and in partnership with Smart Communications has recognized the Penablanca East Central School, Agugaddan-Malibabag Penablanca, Cagayan as national champion in the rec…

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Smart hosts awarding of ‘greenest’ schools

Forty-two schools are vying for the prestige of being proclaimed the "greenest" school during the culminating event of the National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools today at the SM City North Edsa. The top three winners proclaimed for each level (ele…

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Usec. Sering urges Surigaonons to act versus Climate Change

In preparation to prevent the outcome of climate change in the coastal City of Surigao, Atty. Mary Ann Lucille L. Sering, Undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), has urged the City LGU, barangay executives and the public to abide with t…

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Report on illegal logging in Cantapoy, Malimono

Joint elements of Malimono Municipal Police Station led by SPO3 Antonio C Cayasa and DENR personnel Mr Jerry Cortes and Mr Noel Nambatac recovered 18 pieces abandoned sawn lumbers of different sizes on August 14, 2009 at 10:00 in the morning at Barangay Cantapoy, Malimono, …

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