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4 August 2016
Responding to complaints from local residents in Mt. Talinis against the Energy Development Corporation’s (EDC) planned expansion of its geothermal plant in Negros Oriental,...
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3 August 2016
Environment Secretary Gina Lopez is eyeing the prospect of providing financial support for indigenous peoples (IPs) who wish to set up their own businesses....
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2 August 2016
Environment Secretary Gina Lopez has promised to strengthen civil society participation in environmental governance, which is guided by the principle of the common good....
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1 August 2016
The country’s metal production dropped 12 percent to P22 billion in the first quarter of 2016 due to persistent soft metal prices in the...
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31 July 2016
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will hold a two-day summit in Davao City next month to discuss with stakeholders possible solutions...
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28 July 2016
Environment Secretary Gina Lopez on Tuesday met with several farmers from Cagayan Valley to listen to their concerns related to the mining activities in...
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28 July 2016
Environment Secretary Gina Lopez has vowed to take swift and effective action on the Lumad’s complaints about destructive mining, illegal logging and other environment-sensitive...
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26 July 2016
he Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has once again joined forces with two service-oriented organizations to rehabilitate the 26,125-hectare Upper Marikina River...
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26 July 2016
Environment Secretary Gina Lopez has assured the Lumad or indigenous peoples of Mindanao that mining operations in the region found in violation of mining...
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25 July 2016
Environment Secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez has welcomed a move by President Duterte to go after local government executives who are remiss in their duties...
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