Category: Environment

GOING WELL

Baguio Water District General Manager Engr. Salvador M. Royeca (2nd from the left) led the members of the BWD Board of Directors in inspecting the newly commissioned Gibraltar parallel deepwell along Gibraltar Road, Baguio City on October 10, 2023. Joining him in this photo (from the left) is BWD Board of Director Engr. Eliseo G. […]

LA UNION INCREASES NFA PALAY BUYING TO P24/KILO

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan The La Union provincial government, in coordination with the National Food Authority (NFA) and the Department of Agriculture, is offering an additional procurement price of PHP5 per kilo to encourage farmers to sell their palay harvest to the NFA. In a phone interview with the Philippine News Agency, NFA-La Union statistician Maricel Baliton […]

LOKAL NA MAGSASAKA NABIGYAN NG MGA FARMING EQUIPMENT NG CITY AT DA

BAGUIO CITY Namahagi ang tanggapan ni Mayor Benjamin Magalong at ng City Veterinary and Agriculture Office at ang Department if Agriculture-Bureau of Plant and Industry ng ibat ibang gamit pang bukid 0 farming equipment ang ilang organisasyon ng mga lokal farmer ng syudad nitong nakaraang lingo. Pinangunahan ni Magalong ang maimigay ng 3 UV plastic […]

VILLAGERS OF DALICNO-AMPUCAO (ITOGON) FILE AN APPEAL TO NCIP, MGB TO GUARANTEE THEIR ANCESTRAL RIGHTS, PROPERTIES

ISRI’s APSA 103 application ITOGON, Benguet Villagers of Dalicno-Ampucao in this mining town filed an appeal to the Cordillera regional offices of National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) and MInes Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in relation to certification pre-condition application on the proposed APSA 103 by Apex acquired Itogon-Suyoc Resources, Inc. (ISRI), claimingpeoples of Dalicno and […]

BWD BREAKS GROUND, COMMITS TO COMPLETE MORE DRILLING PROJECTS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS

PHOTO CAPTION: AUDACIOUS. Baguio Water District General Manager Engr. Salvador M. Royeca during a recent interview announced that the District will take a belligerent stance in exploring additional groundwater sources as it commits to implement and complete ten (10) well-drilling projects annually for the next three (3) years. The Baguio Water District shall go beyond its […]

PUGUIS TREE PLANTING

Government employees and other stakeholders planted more than 200 tree seedlings at the Puguis Communal Forest to commemorate the World Health Environment Day last week. The Department of Health – Cordillera in partnership with the local government of La Trinidad and the Benguet Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office conducted a tree planting activity at […]

EVERY DROP MATTERS AT SM: HOW TO SAVE WATER EVEN DURING THE RAINY SEASON

Photo Caption: Turn off the tap when not in use The wet season is here! But that does not mean that we should waste our water supply. While many parts of Metro Manila have observed heavy rainfall recently, some parts of the country still experience insufficient rain, which further declines the water level supply in our […]

COLLABORATION: A KEY IN CREATING SUSTAINABLE AGRI-ENTERPRISES

Limited market information and market access are two major obstacles to increased smallholder farmers’ income. According to studies, farmers in grassroot communities often lack access to profitable, value-added markets. In the absence of critical supporting functions, such as infrastructure and service provision – farmers struggle to transform their traditional subsistence farms into a feasible commercially […]

HOLCIM LAUNCHES ECO-FRIENDLY OPTIMO FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING

Holcim Optimo further expands the company’s portfolio of sustainable and innovative building solutions to better support the country’s development. As part of efforts to decarbonize the local construction, leading building solutions provider Holcim Philippines, Inc. has launched a better alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) that ensures concrete strength and durability while lowering impact on […]

NGCP CALLS FOR HOLISTIC SOLUTION, BETTER COORDINATION WITHIN ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN

NGCP clarifies that many factors came into play concerning the grid alerts and incidents that were widely publicized in the recent days. The system disturbance and the widespread outages in Panay Island between 27 and 29 April, and the red alert raised in the Luzon grid resulted from a confluence of events that support its […]

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