Category: Environment
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Coastal Clean-up Day
Volunteers are reflected on a puddle of water as they do their part on beach clean-up in Subic Bay Freeport on Saturday, September 20, 2025. (Ang Pahayagan photo / JUN DUMAGUING)
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AboitizPower Volunteers Collect Over 300 Kilograms of Marine Debris at Dinginin Beach for International Coastal Clean-up 2025
MARIVELES, BATAAN – Thirty-two volunteers from GNPower Mariveles Energy Center (GMEC) and GNPower Dinginin (GNPD) successfully collected 32 sacks of marine debris, weighing approximately 315 kilograms, during the second phase of the AboitizPower Coastal Clean-up project at Dinginin Beach, Barangay Alas-asin last September 16. The event was held in participation to the International Coastal Clean-up…
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Mt. Sawtooth in Tarlac declared protected landscape under RA 12237
TARLAC CITY — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed into law Republic Act No. 12237, officially declaring a parcel of land in the municipalities of Mayantoc and San Jose, Tarlac as the Mt. Sawtooth Protected Landscape (MSPL) under the National Integrated Protected Areas System. This law, which designates Mt. Sawtooth as the only legislated…
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DENR, SMC Global Power ink partnership for mangrove conservation in Bataan
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and SMC Global Power Foundation, Inc. sealed a landmark partnership under Project TRANSFORM to strengthen the mangrove conservation efforts in Abucay, Bataan. The newly-signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) covers the adoption of a three-hectare mangrove area in Sitio Bakawan, Barangay Wawa, expanding the previously adopted five-hectare site…
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Malacañang inatasan ang DENR na tingnan ang nagaganap na dredging operation sa Zambales
ZAMBALES– Hiniling ng Malacañang sa kalihim ng Deparment of Environment and Natural Resources na tingnan ang mga nagaganap na dredging operation sa lalawigang Zambales. Ang naturang kahilingan na may petsang Agosto 18 ay ipinadala ni Deputy Executive Secretary Naella Bainto Aguinaldo ng Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for General Administration para kay DENR Secretary…
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P4-B waste-to-energy plant big leap toward PH sustainable dev’t
MANILA – The planned PHP4-billion waste-to-energy (WTE) facility on a four-hectare site in Capas, Tarlac is a significant leap forward in the country’s sustainable development and modern waste management strategies. The agreement was secured by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) with Indian engineering firm Uttamenergy Limited following President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s five-day state…
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Nag-iisang marine protected area sa Gitnang Luzon itinanghal na finalist sa 2025 Para el Mar Award
Ang Masinloc and Oyon Bay Protected Landscape and Seascape (MOBPLS) sa Zambales, natatanging opisyal na itinalagang marine protected area (MPA) sa Central Luzon, ay hinirang na finalist sa prestihiyosong 2025 Para el Mar Awards. Sa pamamagitan ng mga hakbangin ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at ng Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) sa…
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Zambales schools to recycle plastic bottles for project funding
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE— Public elementary and secondary schools in Zambales will soon convert collected plastic bottles into funds to support environmental and student development programs. The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Ecology Center, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Zambales, Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Zambales, and Foochi Trading and Resources Inc.…
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FOREST FOR FIREPOWER: A DANGEROUS DEAL IN SUBIC
A proposed arms facility threatens one of Luzon’s last great nature reserves. There is a stretch of land in the freeport zone of Subic Bay that sings with life — not from the noise of industry or the roar of trucks, but from the calls of hornbills, woodpeckers, kingfishers, and racket-tails, many of which are…
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Tabing-ilog na dating lugar ng mga informal-settler ginawang Eco Park
BATAAN– Natapos na ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), ang 290-linear-meter green space sa tabi ng Talisay River, na sumasaklaw sa Barangay Talisay at Bagumbayan sa Balanga City, Bataan. Ang proyekto na naisakatuparan sa pamamagitan ng Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) – Dinalupihan, ay bahagi ng Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program na…
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Greenpeace to PBBM: The Real State of the Nation Demands Climate Accountability
Cainta, Rizal — As the Philippines continues to grapple with the severe impacts of multiple extreme weather disturbances, Greenpeace Philippines is calling on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to demonstrate real climate leadership in his upcoming State of the Nation Address by making the biggest contributors to the climate crisis pay their fair share. Ahead of…
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SBMA, DTI set up Subic bamboo nursery
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Zambales have partnered for a bamboo nursery project here to promote wider propagation and cultivation of this resilient and important forest resource. The two agencies jointly inaugurated the nursery at Subic’s El Kabayo eco-tourism area on…
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DOE, CDC pilot EV charging station to make Clark ‘Greener’
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, — The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) have launched a pilot charging station for hybrid and electric vehicles (EV) plying Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. CDC President Agnes Devanadera said the initiative is in line with the agenda to make Clark a model green city. “This project…
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AboitizPower support sea turtle conservation in Bataan
MORONG, Bataan — Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower), through private limited partnership GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co. (GNPD), concluded its three-year sea turtle or pawikan protection and conservation program, SagiPaWeCan, in Sitio Fuerte, Barangay Poblacion, Morong, Bataan, with a hatchling release. SagiPaWeCan was created to provide safe nesting environments that facilitated better hatchling survival. It also promoted…
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Subic Bay Jellyfish Alert
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT– Inalerto ng Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Ecology Center ang publiko hinggil sa mga namataang presensiya ng mga dikya sa Subic Bay. Ang naturang babala ay upang matiyak ang kaligtasan ng publiko at maiwasan ang mga insidente ng jellyfish sting. “Please be informed that box jellyfish sighting have been reported in Subic…
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