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Friday 10th of May 2013
NAGA CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Regional Office V led the Bicol Fisheries Summit and Commercial Fishing Vessel Operators Dialogue held May 8 at Villa Caceres Hotel here.
The activity aims to gather and collate information on the current status of Bicol coastal ecosystem specifically on the area around Burias-Ticao Pass.
The attendees composed of 166 stakeholders representing the local government units, People’s organization, non-government organizations, academe, including 23 commercial fishing vessel operators all over the region were also briefed with the current, emerging and persistent issues of comme...
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07May2013LEGAZPI CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- Response teams continue to scour the down slopes of the eastern side of Mayon volcano to rescue the reported casualties in the wake of ash explosion of the volcano this morning. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said composite teams from Bicol Regional and Albay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (PDRRMC), including military, police, emergency response units, Philippine Red Cross personnel were dispatched since mid-morning in Sto. Domingo, Bacacay and ...
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07May2013LEGAZPI CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- Albay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has issued an advisory to suspend human activity within and down slopes of Mayon volcano following an ash explosion around 8:04 this morning. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said in the same advisory that Phivolcs Director Rene Solidum conveyed to him in a phone call that an ash explosion of at least 500 meters in height occurred but on precautionary warnings since it was essentially steam-driven. Sa...
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16Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 16 (PIA) -- The German government has donated P1.6 million to install local flood early warning system in the town of Malinao and Tabaco City in Albay. This following the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) Thursday last week by Albay Gov. Joey Salceda for the provincial government and Olaff Neussner for the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), The signing of the MOA also marked the start of implementation of the project. Neussner, chief of...
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27Mar2013LEGAZPI CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office in Bicol has come up with a comprehensive strategy to further strengthen the protection and conservation of Bicol Natural Park (BNP) in Camarines provinces. “These strategies will provide solutions to various issues that are besetting the BNP which is contributing to further degradation of the protected area (PA)” said DENR Bicol regional executive director Gilbert Gonzales. Gonzales...
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07Mar2013VIRAC, Catanduanes, March 7 (PIA) -- The Office of Student Services (OSS) of the Catanduanes State University (CSU) led the early morning clean-up drive on February 27. The activity, also joined by the Federated College Supreme Council, Student Body Organizations, the NSTP class, and other student groups, formed part of the SUPER or Students Undertaking Projects for Environmental Regeneration. OSA lists several student organizations whose main mission is geared towards environmental protectio...
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04Mar2013NAGA CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology in Bicol Region (DOST-5) and the Libmanan Pulantuna Planters Federation, Inc. (LPPFI) recently inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in support of the implementation of the project, “Development of Hybrid Weather Monitoring System and Production of Weather and Rain Automated Stations.” The project is the main component of the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards, popularly called Project NOAH. The partnership is i...
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04Mar2013SORSOGON CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Sorsogon and municipal governments of Irosin and Juban entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) for a flood warning project along Cadac-an river stretching in two towns in the second district of Sorsogon. Sorsogon Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (SPDRRMO) chief Raden Dimaano said the agreement seeks to empower local governments and commun...
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01Mar2013LEGAZPI CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Bicol has tasked the Ecosystem Research and Development Service (ERDS) to produce some 1.2 million indigenous tree seedlings for the implementation of the National Greening Program’s (NGP) this year. Regional Executive Director Gilbert Gonzales said the measure will complement on the national target of planting 25 million native trees in the course of the greening program. “We are abiding with the...
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27Feb2013CASTILLA, Sorsogon Feb 27 (PIA) -- A sea turtle locally known as “pawikan” measuring 29 inches length and 27 inches width was caught by a fisherman and brought to the 903rd Brigade headquarters on Friday, February 22. 903rd Bde Spokesperson Capt. Mardjorie Paimela P. Panesa, said The turtle was brought to the headquarters by Eugene I. Gilliam, a Bantay-Dagat member, who also reported that it was seen captured by a certain, Welard Camata, a fisherman in the same town. “Immediately, we rep...
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25Feb2013PILI, Camarines Sur, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- The Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) and local DRRMCs in cities and municipalities in Camarines Sur completed Friday the six-day training on disaster risk reduction with emphasis on utilization of Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment System or REDAS. Camarines Sur headed the training aimed at equipping provincial and municipal officers, particularly those directly involved in disaster risk reduction programs and technical know-how on ...
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18Feb2013LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- Thousands of advocates for the environment joined in a five-km brisk walk and tree-planting activity to celebrate the 7th year of the Lakad Tanim para sa Puso last February 14, Valentine’s Day. The advocates walked from the Philippine Air Force Camp in Barangay Bogtong up to Barangay Pawa before planting at least 3,000 seedlings of pine trees and “ipil-ipil” given by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Barangay Pawa, located at the ...
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15Feb2013DAET, Camarines Norte, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- A 30-hectare mangrove rehabilitation and maintenance project of the Camarines Norte Water District (CNWD) in Barangay Manguisoc in Mercedes town was declared mangrove sanctuary by the Sanguniang Panlalawigan (SP) here recently. Camarines Norte SP Resolution No. 357-2012 has adopted and confirmed the Municipal Ordinance No. 187-2012 of Sangguniang Bayan of Mercedes declaring Sitios Sagkadun and Libis of Barangay Manguisoc, Mercedes as a mangrove sanctuary ...
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12Feb2013SORSOGON CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- United Nations World Food Program (WFP) project coordinator Michelle McGonagle will be in Sorsogon today for a three-day visit, institutionalizing the Disaster Preparedness and Response (DPR) Program in the province to build resilient communities, boosting the capacity of its government, academe and non-government partners. McGonagle initially met with officials of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), local chief executives and ...
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08Feb2013VIRAC, Catanduanes, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- A training-workshop on disaster risk reduction and management was conducted last January 14-26 by the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Virac town here. The 12-day activity was aimed at institutionalizing disaster awareness and preparedness of the LGUs in times of calamity and as well as the formulation of Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee as mandated by law under RA 10121 also known as the Philippine Disaster...
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04Feb2013NAGA CITY, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, international financing community and international non-government organizations have given their support to the Naga River Integrated Revitalization Project. Mayor John Bongat of this city arrived last week from Basel, Switzerland assured of the international organizations' support to the program, basically the core of Bongat's visit in Switzerland whose trip was sponsored by the Cities Development Initi...
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28Jan2013LEGAZPI CITY, Jan 28 (PIA) -- The Incident Command System (ICS) will also be established in the provinces of Camarines Norte and Masbate within the first quarter this year after its launch in Albay, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes and Sorsogon last May 2012. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) 5 said ICS will be launched in two more provinces of the region, providing an improved and more organized system of responding to emergency situations. Known as the “synchronized response system,” ICS is ...
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21Jan2013DAET, Camarines Norte, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- A three-day training on Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping (P3DM) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) was conducted in Palm Resort, Barangay Cayucyucan of Mercedes town headed by The University of Auckland, New Zealand from January 15-17. Dr. JC Gaillard, Associate Professor of the School of Environment of the university said the training was in partnership with the DRR Net Philippines, local government units of Camarines Norte and Mercedes through their L...
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17Jan2013VIRAC, Catanduanes, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) provincial office here said almost one million seedlings and mangrove propagules were planted in the province of Catanduanes in 2012 in line with the National Greening Program (NGP) of the government. According to Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) officer-in-charge Joaquin Ed Guerrero, 574,290 timber-fruit trees and ornamental seedlings were planted in 1,160 hectares in the...
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17Jan2013LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- Pursuing its objective to educate the country’s local government units and non-government organizations on disaster risk reduction and climate change awareness, Albay Climate Change Academy is now on its eighth batch of trainees from Region 11 or Southern Mindanao. The DRRM and CCA training started in October 12, 2012 and had already trained many local government units and non-government organizations coming from Regions of Mimaropa, Calabarzon, Western Visayas,...
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16Jan2013VIRAC, Catanduanes, Jan. 16 (PIA) -- The Mountain Cares and Hikers Association (MCHA), in its relentless commitment to ensure the preservation of mountain and shoreline environments, has called the attention of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Catanduanes to regulate the construction of buildings and structures along the shorelines of Virac and Bato towns. MCHA is a non-profit organization dedicated to protection and conservation of mountains and coastlines in the province. The organizatio...
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14Jan2013LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urges foresters and agriculture professionals in the Bicol region to support initiatives to safeguard the environment such as its National Greening and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) programs. DENR Secretary Ramon J. Paje made the said call during the 100th year foundation anniversary of the Bicol University College of Agriculture and Forestry (BU-CAF) Guinobatan campus. The Philippines, Paje said, is vu...
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14Jan2013LEGAZPI CITY, Jan 14 (PIA) -- A local official said a campaign to promote the local whale shark "abusive" and "violated ecological standards." Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said the recent underwater fashion photo shoots of international fashion models swimming with the Butanding (Rhincodon typus ) put the whale shark and the tourism industry at risk. The whale sharks were also being fed. Salceda, who also chairs the Bicol Regional Development Council (RDC) and heads the Almasor (Albay-Masbate-Sor...
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12Jan2013DAET, Camarines Norte, Jan 12 (PIA) –- Daet will feature its new environmental protection advocacy dubbed Go Green Daet (G2D). This is part of the local government's campaign under its slogan Daet On The Go launched last January 6. Mayor Tito Sarte-Sarion said after promoting Daet via Visit Daet (V2D) 2012, the G2D will support and sustain the reason why the Balikbayans and tourists will go back to Daet more often. The G2D has a 13 points agenda or plan of action for the protection of the en...
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11Jan2013LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the provincial government of Albay recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the construction of an evacuation center at San Jose Elementary School in Malilipot, Albay worth P10 million. Evelyn Jerusalem, DSWD regional information officer, said that the project will benefit around 1,000 families from barangays San Roque, Canauay, Calbayog and San Jose. “These barangays have been affected by ...
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11Jan2013LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- With the recent spates of typhoons and continuous heavy rains, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has called on local chief executives in Bicol to take heed the warnings on the likelihood of geological hazard occurrence in their respective areas. MGB OIC regional director Theodore Rommel E. Pestaño in a statement said, “on the on-set of the rainy season during the last quarter of 2012 which normally continues until the month of February, more landslides and...
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08Jan2013LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 8 (PIA) -- Classes in the afternoon from pre-school up to high school in both public and privates schools in Albay are suspended today due to heavy rainfall since this morning. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, also chair of the provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC), has directed all concerned school administrators in an advisory before lunch time today to suspend classes in pre-school to high school in the wake of heavy rains since early morning and the ...
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28Dec2012PILI, Camarines Sur, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- Torrential rains brought by the northeast monsoon and tropical depression (TC) Quinta has left 31 barangays in six municipalities in the province of Camarines Sur flooded. The weather system has also stranded 140 passengers in various ports in Camarines Sur. In the information released by the Camarines Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMS), rivers in barangays Timbang, Baliuag Viejo, Catanusan, and Ombao Polpog all in Bu...
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26Dec2012SORSOGON CITY, Dec 26 (PIA) -- Republic Act 7160, known as the Local Government Code of 1991 directs the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) as the youth representation in various civic and social gatherings, and arranges activities in response to national as well as local issues and concerns. Said decree prompted the SK Provincial Federation of Sorsogon headed by Patrick Lee Rodrigueza to carry out various activities as a way of observing the annual “Linggo ng Kabataan” activity. The SK here, to...
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26Dec2012LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 26 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Albay has placed the province under the state of heightened alert and close monitoring in the wake of tropical storm Quinta which may bring increased volume of rainfall and may result to flooding and landslides. Albay is among the areas where public storm warning signal#1 was hoisted at 5 a.m. weather bulletin of Pagasa on TS Quinta. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said he has already directed member agen...
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19Dec2012DAET, Camarines Norte, Dec 19 (PIA) - More than 1.2 million assorted tree seedlings were planted in some 2,448 hectares established for the months of January to November this year as part of the National Greening Program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer Ponciano M. Mabeza said that NGP is one of the priority program of the government and its objective is to breen bald forests, uplift the living condition of the up...
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14Dec2012VIRAC, Catanduanes, Dec 14 (PIA) -- At least 200,000 mangrove propagules were planted by volunteers to the different mangrove sites in the town particularly at Brgy. Palnab del Sur, Virac. The mangrove planting activity dubbed as “Project 12.12.12” was a joint activity of the Congressional District Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Provincial Government of Catanduanes. The event focused on the rehabilitation of the island’s mangrove areas and also ser...
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11Dec2012LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 11 (PIA) – Albay Governor Joey Salceda has proposed the creation of a National Coordinating Group for relief, early recovery and rehabilitation for areas heavily afflicted by typhoon Pablo in Mindanao. Salceda said that there is an exigent need for such coordinating body to carry out more effective resource mobilization, fair allocation and efficient yet expeditious utilization. The coordinating group, according to Salceda, will also help to coordinate the response of the ...
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07Dec2012LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 7 (PIA) -- The Bicol Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (BDRRMC) and provincial government of Albay will hold a medical, sanitary psycho-social and relief mission dubbed "Tabang MindaNow" for victims of typhoon Pablo in the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental from Dec. 8 until Dec. 18. Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) 5 regional director Bernardo Alejandro, who is also chair of the BDRRMC, said the joint humanitarian mission will be conducted ...
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07Dec2012LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 7 -- The Albay provincial government will donate some P1 million in financial assistance to the disaster-stricken provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental in Mindanao, Albay Governor Joey Salceda announced Thursday. Salceda said he has approved the donation of P1-million assistance to be delivered the soonest possible time to augment resources of local governments in providing the most needed relief goods and services of the residents of these areas hardest hit by ty...
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06Dec2012NAGA CITY, Dec. 6 (PIA) --- Some 968 teaching and non-teaching personnel and pupils from kindergarten to sixth grade of Sipocot North Central School joined the earthquake emergency and life-saving drills last Monday, Dec. 3 at the school's covered court. Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Sipocot municipal station, led by F/Insp. Alex A. Lagarde, led the earthquake drill to educate and train school personnel and pupils with proper earthquake responses, including duck cover and protection of the h...
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03Dec2012PILI, Camarines Sur, Dec. 3 (PIA) -- As typhoon Pablo entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) early this morning, Camarines Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office ( PDRRMO) has stepped up preparation efforts and placed disaster- and relief-related agencies on heightened alert status. On Saturday, Dec. 1, the agency initiated conference among agencies including the Provincial Safety Services Office, Provincial Health Office and Provincial Engineering Office, re...
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03Dec2012LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 3 (PIA) -- Bicol Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) on Sunday has activated Task Force Pablo (TFP) that would undertake pre-emptive evacuation, search and rescue operations in the wake of typhoon Pablo. Office of Civil Defense 5 Regional Director Bernardo Alejandro said Task Force Pablo is composed of over 200 trained personnel from various units of the Philippine Army, Navy and Air Force, Philippine National Police (PNP) Bureau of Fire Protectio...
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01Dec2012LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 1 (PIA) -- Albay province, like other provinces in the Bicol region, is now placed under Red Alert Status in anticipation of and preparation for the possible adverse effects of typhoon Pablo (international name: Bopha). Albay Governor Joey Salceda, chair of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), said the province is implementing counter measures in compliance with Bicol DRRMC advisory, Saturday, in the wake of an impending weather disturbanc...
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29Nov2012VIRAC, Catanduanes, Nov. 29 (PIA) -- The latest list of classified caves released by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) only included one local cave in the province of Catanduanes. Luyang Cave in Lictin, San Andres was classified as “Class III” cave along with 39 other caves in the country. Class III caves are those which are “generally safe” for inexperienced visitors. They have no known threatened species within, nor any archaeological, geological, historical,...
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29Nov2012LEGAZPI CITY, Nov. 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has lowered on Tuesday, Nov. 27, from Alert Level 1 (abnormal) to normal level the condition of Mayon Volcano in Albay province. Ed Laguerta, Phivolcs resident volcanologist, said the institute decided to declare the state of the volcano to normal after Mayon volcano ceased to exhibit abnormal seismicity such as crater glow, ground deformation, volcanic quakes and sulphur dioxide emission. The v...
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27Nov2012LEGAZPI CITY, Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The Bicol Consortium for Agriculture Resources Research and Development (BCARRD) lauded the research conducted by the Ecosystem Research and Development Service (ERDS) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Bicol. The project entitled, “Stabilization Strategies for Riverbank and Floodplain Areas in Guinobatan, Albay” by Alejo Balaguer and ERDS OIC regional technical director Lida Borboran, landed third among the best studies chosen by th...
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26Nov2012DAET, Camarines Norte, Nov. 26 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) in this province has finally crafted the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (PDRRMP) in a series of talks and workshops within this month fulfilling the requirements of RA No. 10121 of 2010, which provides the legal basis for policies, plans, and programs to deal with disasters. PDRRM office chief Carlos Galvez said that the formulation of the plan covers the four t...
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24Nov2012NAGA CITY, Nov. 24 (PIA) -- A P3-billion facility will soon rise at Barangay San Isidro to address the problem on solid waste disposal that has beset this city for the past decade. A ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the said waste-to-energy facility has been held on Nov 22. Among those who attended were Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla and Department of Natural Resources and Environment Secretary Ramon Paje, representatives of the CJ Global Green En...
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22Nov2012NAGA CITY, Nov. 22 (PIA) -- Camarines Sur Provincial Environment and Natural Resource Office (Penro) has intensified its campaign against the hauling and conveyance of wood charcoal from the province. Camarines Sur Penro chief Atty. Arnel Rodriguez said that he has already directed community ENROs in the cities of Iriga and Naga monitor and prevent the transport of charcoal out of the province without the Certificate of Verification (COVs). He has also notified the ENROs in the municipalitie...
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06Nov2012LEGAZPI CITY, Nov. 6 (PIA/PGA) --Fifteen members of the Cambodian Joint Climate Change Initiative (JCCI) are visiting Albay this week to study in brief the province’s valuable strategies on climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said the visitors will be in the province for five days starting November 5, for a learning exchange with the Climate Change Academy and to share approaches on coping mechanisms through community based organizations....
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29Oct2012NAGA CITY, Oct 29 (PIA) -- The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) has revealed activities for the last quarter to promote the National Greening Program. Cenro Chief Pio T. Bernal said three People’s Organization (PO) are scheduled to reforest 300 hectares of open and denuded lands inside Mount Isarog National Park, a haven for a wide range of endemic animals and species, before the month ends. Representatives from civil society organizations, national government age...
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29Oct2012MASBATE CITY, Oct 29 (PIA) -- State agencies and local governments have mounted a relief and rehabilitation operations in Masbate in the wake of tropical depression “Ofel,” which made landfall in the southwestern part of the province Wednesday night. Local civil defense officials had not received reports of fatalities and injured people as of Thursday afternoon. But in its wake, Ofel left damages to power system, houses, crops, infrastructures and passenger and fishing vessels. The ele...
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25Oct2012CADLAN, PILI, Camarines Sur, Oct. 25 (PIA) -- The Camarines Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRRMO) in Camarines Sur has notified Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Centers (MDRRMC) situated in various local government units to keep a close watch over their constituents for possible flooding and storm surge brought by Typhoon Ofel. Although the public storm warning is now lowered, officers of the PDRRMO headed by Che Bermeo, advised the residents, p...
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24Oct2012LEGAZPI CITY, Oct 24 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council (RDC) has approved the feasibility study conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office here for the Albay Tres Quinali Watershed Management Project (ATQWMP). The said project covers Libon, Polangui, Oas, Guinobatan, Camalig and Ligao City areas in the province of Albay. In a full council meeting of the RDC, P4.7 billion funding has been proposed for its implementation. The eight components...
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24Oct2012NAGA CITY, Oct 24 (PIA) -- The provision of a secure, reliable and sustainable supply of energy to its end users and a clear formulation of a comprehensive energy policy framework summed up the Philippine Energy Plan 2012-2030 forum held Thursday last week at the Regent Hotel here. This is the 2nd leg of a series of information, education and communication campaign being spearheaded by the Department of Energy (DOE) to inform the public and other stakeholders of the energy sector’s targets, ...
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14Sep2012LEGAZPI CITY, September 14 (PIA) -- The Legazpi Declaration is an offshoot of the 1st Philippine Tourism Conference on Climate Change Adaptation held here on August 23. It recommends eco-cultural tourism policies for the betterment of the tourism industry. This will be one of the commitments to be undertaken in the 1st Malolos Green Covenant during the celebration of the 114th Anniversary of the Opening of the Malolos Constitutional Congress (Sept. 15, 1898) at Barasoain Church in Malolos City...
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11Sep2012LEGAZPI CITY, Sept 11 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) initiated a tree planting program together with Camarines Norte Electric Cooperative (Canoreco) in support to the National Greening Program (NGP) of the government. The group of officials and employees from NGCP has planted 1,500 seedlings of narra and mahogany in Brgy. Daguit, Labo, Camarines Norte, one of the barangays hosting NGCP’s Labo-Gumaca 230-kiloVolt lines. “Our partnership with Canoreco does...
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10Sep2012LEGAZPI CITY, Sept 10 (PIA) -- The Philippine Navy-Naval Forces Southern Luzon (Navforsol), together with other multi-stakeholders in the Bicol region, gathered some 110 out-of-school-youths for the Bicol Youth Empowerment Summit (YES). The summit was held at the Coastal View Resort, Sto. Domingo Albay last August 27 to 29. The three-day training and team-building activities for this year’s YES was anchored on the theme “Harnessing the Youth Sector in DRR-CCA towards Disaster Resilient Com...
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06Sep2012NAGA CITY, Sept. 6 (PIA) -- Marian devotees, visitors, and annual partakers to the Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia’s festivals are already starting to congregate here, in time for the Traslacion procession, Friday. Anticipating this influx, a clean up drive was done to ensure that the city, particularly the Naga River, will be free from litters and trash. Dubbed as Tabang sa Kapalibutan “Handog Kalikasan Para ki Ina , the Naga River clean up drive aims to enjoin all the barangay officials...
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22Aug2012LEGAZPI CITY, August 22 (PIA) -- The First Philippine Tourism Conference on Climate Change Adaptation (PTCCCA) on Aug. 23-25 to be held at the Oriental Hotel, Legazpi, is a big boost to the city’s tourism activity. City Mayor Geraldine B. Rosal said this as the event with an expected 1,000 participants will be held side by side the Ibalong Festival which depicts local legendary heroes Handyong, Baltog and Bantong of the Bicol epic who fought man-made and natural calamities during the ancien...
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20Aug2012LEGAZPI CITY, August 20 (PIA) -- In less than a week from today, the First Philippine Tourism Conference on Climate Change Adaptation (PTCCCA) will open at The Oriental Hotel Legazpi. On-line registration of participants continues to pour in from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. As of this writing, five of the premier hotels in Legazpi City are almost fully booked but organizers assured that there are enough hotels to accommodate the more or less one thousand expected delegates. President ...
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09Aug2012LEGAZPI CITY, August 9 (PIA) -- Six multi-hazard two storey evacuation centers cum classrooms in this city and five towns in Albay will commence construction this year. Ground breaking ceremonies led by Minister Motohiko Sato, Consul General of the Japanese Embassy in Manila and Albay Gov. Joey Salceda were held yesterday in the towns of Oas, Polangui and Libon. Another ceremony will be held today in Manito and Barangay Gogon, in this city. Salceda said the centers would be built in areas pr...
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08Aug2012LEGAZPI CITY, Aug 8 (PIA/PGA) -- Albay province Governor Joey Sarte Salceda, also chairman of the Regional Development Council in the Philippines, has been elected to represent the developing countries in the Asia Pacific Region to the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund. The Fund is designed to help channel up to $100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020 to help developing countries adapt to climate change. However, the fund is an empty shell after last year's U.N. climate talks fail...
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07Aug2012LEGAZPI CITY, Aug 7 (PIA) -- Albay’s water and sanitation (Watsan) and Office of Civil Defense (OCD-5) water search and rescue teams are set to leave for Manila tonight to assist disaster response units and cater to the needs of the residents affected by severe flooding and related hazards. Albay Governor Joey Salceda said Team Albay will leave for Manila tonight at around 7 p.m. bringing along one tank lorry and one filtration machine with a capacity of 32,000 liters/hr at its peak. Salced...
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02Aug2012LEGAZPI CITY, Aug 2 (PIA) -- Joint anti-illegal logging operatives of the Naval Forces Southern Luzon and Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices in Quezon province seized 9,938 illegally-cut logs last July 31 at Brgy. Canaway, Gen Nakar, Quezon. The logs have an estimated market value of P298,140. The operatives were also able to confiscated 8,000 board feet of logs worth P240,000 on July 25 at Brgy. Dinahican, Infanta, Quezon. With successful series of operations, the number...
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31Jul2012LEGAZPI CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- The city of Legazpi will play host to the first Philippine Tourism Conference for Climate Change Adaptation (PTCCCA) slated on August 23-25, at The Oriental Legazpi. Conference Director Manuel ‘Nong’ C. Rangasa said they are expecting 1,000 expected participants nationwide from as far as the Ilocos Region and down to Mindanao are eager to come and attend the 3-day event. Key national government officials are expected to attend the event. Earlier, DILG Se...
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20Jul2012VIRAC, Catanduanes, July 20 (PIA) -- An earthquake drill was conducted by the Catanduanes State Colleges on July 17. The drill, held at three-floor administration building, aims to prepare students and employees for emergency situations as directed by the Commission on Higher Education Central and Regional Offices and in observance of National Disaster Consciousness Month. The team from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) headed by its chief, Engr. Nieva Sa...
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16Jul2012NAGA CITY, July 16 (PIA) -- Camarines Sur National High School (CSNHS) will represent the Philippines in the 2012 Search for the ASEAN Eco –School Award at the Royale Chulan Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nely SB Abad, CSHNHS Principal said this is the result of their hard work and dedication empowering the students to become active caretakers of the environment through simple programs they have initiated inside the campus. The team is off to Malaysia starting today, July 16 until the 19...
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09Jul2012LEGAZPI CITY, July 9 (PIA) -- Around 700 participants coming from different sectors of society participated in the tree planting activity of 500 pili seedlings in line with the observance of this year’s National Disaster Consciousness Month (NDCM). The environment greening activity was spearheaded by the city’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council last July 6 at Brgy. Puro here with the theme “Plant a Tree for Resilient Community.” City Administrator Noel E. Rosal said that t...
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06Jul2012LEGAZPI CITY, July 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the Bicol region, in partnership with Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) and Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, spearheaded the Regional Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction on July 5 at the La Piazza Convention Center in this city. The said forum highlighted the collaborative workshop for the Bicol River B...
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25Jun2012SORSOGON CITY, June 25 (PIA) -- Personnel from various law enforcement agencies here conducted tree planting activity on June 21. Some 500 saplings of Mahogany trees were planted in Barangay Buhatan, Sorsogon City by personnel of Sorsogon Police Provincial Office, Sorsogon Provincial Public Safety Company, and Sorsogon City Police Station. The said activity is in line with the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) tree planting program dubbed “Pulis Makakalikasan: 10 Milyong Puno, Pamana sa...
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04Jun2012LEGAZPI CITY, June 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office spearheaded last June 1 here the Tapatan Roadshow on Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change Adaptation with the theme “Harmonizing Initiatives Towards Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Mainstreaming in Local Governance." The said activity will serve as a call to action for local government units, stakeholders, and chief executives in the province to craft and implement th...
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25May2012LEGAZPI CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Albay in partnership with the Manila Observatory (MO) and Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings, Inc. (CGPHI) launched the Albay Sustainable Development Guidebook (ASDG) as a means to empower localities in addressing climate change and disaster risks through effective resource management. The guidebook, said Albay Governor Joey Salceda, can be used as a primary tool in building the capacity of Albay in terms of managing natural disast...
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18May2012LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, May 18 (PIA) -- Bontod reef in Masbate City is fast becoming an eco-tourism destination in Bicol being a marine sanctuary and second most resilient reefs in the Central Philippines, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Bicol said. DENR regional director Joselin Marcus Fragada said sprucing up the Bontod reefs has made the marine sanctuary a showcase of resiliency by exhibiting its ability to recover and return to its desirable state f...
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17May2012LEGAZPI CITY, May 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office here is currently constructing the new clonal nursery on the grounds of the Ecosystem Research and Development Service (ERDS) at Barangay 2, EM’s Barrio to reinforce the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP) in the region. According to ERDS Regional Technical Director William Palaypayon, the said facility will be operational by the end of May and is expected to boost the NG...
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16May2012DAET, Camarines Norte, May 16 (PIA) -- The provincial government, through the Ecosystem and Environmental Resource Management Division (EERMD), will distribute 40,000 forestry seedlings this year as part of the program to protect and preserve the environment. Last year, the said office distributed 30,837 forestry seedlings to include mahogany, narra, and also additional seedlings like lubas, berva, dangcalan, camagong, anahaw, malig-ang, cacao, and langca. The distribution will be made throu...
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04May2012BATO, Catanduanes, May 4 (PIA) -- President Benigno Simeon Aquino III visited Catanduanes Wednesday (May 2) and led the inauguration of the Doppler radar facility in Barangay Buenavista here and switching on of the Sulong and Hitoma I mini-hydro power plants. In his speech, Aquino expressed his gratitude to the Japanese government for its invaluable support to the country’s efforts in nation building, while specifically in Wednesday event for the country's disaster risk reduction, preparednes...
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26Apr2012NAGA CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) here headed by CENRO Oca Orozco is spearheading a series of events in line with the celebration of the International Earth Day. The activity aims to elevate the awareness of the community on the current situation of the environment, offer alternative eco-friendly programs, and mobilize the community in affecting transformation to combat the ill effects of climate change. Not only did the local governmen...
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25Apr2012LEGAZPI CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- Bicol University will host the international workshop on SMART technologies for disaster risk reduction management (DRRM) come April 30 to May 2 that aims to strengthen collaboration between and among agencies involved in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management. Expected to participate in the three-day activity are DRRM practitioners, local DRRM heads, DRRM chairs from 81 provinces, 15 DRRM from municipal and cities, state universities and colleges’ technology d...
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24Apr2012LEGAZPI CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- Albay’s drive to eliminate plastic bag usage gains more ground after the launch of Provincial Ordinance No. 2011-3 on April 21, Saturday. The provincial ordinance prohibits the use of plastic bags, Styrofoam, and other synthetic materials. Albay Gov. Joey Sarte Salceda, Vice Gov. Harold Ong Imperial, and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan led the kick off at the LCC Mall Activity Center here. Local government authorities believe that the Albay version is positively...
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19Apr2012VIRAC, Catanduanes, April 19 (PIA) -- Aside from providing forecasts with high degree of accuracy and boosting local tourism of the province, the now completed Doppler radar facility installed at Buenavista, Bato, Catanduanes is said to benefit students from private and public schools in the province. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Virac Chief Meteorological officer Engr. Eufronio H. Garcia said the facility is beneficial to students as it ...
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03Apr2012LUNGSOD NG NAGA, Abril 3, (PIA) -- Pinangunahan ng Department of Agriculture (DA) sa rehiyon Bicol sa pakikipagtulungan ng City Environment Office ng Naga ang tree planting activity at Eco Waste Management seminar sa Naga noong nakaraang Biyernes, Marso 30. Ito ay kaugnay pa rin ng pagdiriwang ng 2012 Women’s Month sa ating bansa. Mahigit 50 miyembro ng Rural Improvement Club, 4H Club, at mga kawani ng Department of Agriculture Regional Office 5 ang lumahok sa naturang mga aktibidad . Ang ...
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02Apr2012NAGA CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- Dubbed as Earth Hour 2012, 60+, city folks here led by City Mayor John Bongat, City Councilor Nathan Sergio, Committee on Environment Chair and other city officials, joined thousands of environment advocates here on Saturday, March 31, in a simultaneous and unanimous call to switch their lights off for at least an hour. This endeavor is in support of a global crusade to combat the ill-effects of climate change and raise the consciousness of every citizen that a sin...
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26Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- Pursuing its objective of developing more pro-active and disaster resilient communities in the province of Albay, the Albay Public Safety Emergence Management Office (APSEMO) continues its training and education program on disaster preparedness, now reaching 720 barangays. The said program conducted in partnership with the barangay captains is part of the community-based, disaster risk management approach of the APSEMO in attaining its objective. According to E...
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20Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- Albay and the UNDP will sign a memorandum of agreement on Friday (March 23) here for the implementation of P1.8 million worth skills training on recovery plan development. The training on the formulation of recovery development plan aims to capacitate humanitarian service personnel and the local disaster risk reduction management council of every municipalities and cities in Albay province. In mid 2011, six typhoons h...
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20Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environment Management Bureau (DENR –EMB) will take the lead in the observance of World Water Day in the Bicol region on March 22 with the theme, “Water and Food Security.” According to Rudolf Lita, Chief, Environment Education and Information Section (EEIS), the celebration aims to advocate the importance of freshwater and sustainable management of freshwater resource...
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13Mar2012PILI, Camarines Sur, Mar 13 (PIA) -- Determined to surpass its own record capped during the successful launching of El Verde Movement last year, Camarines Sur instead set another being the first local government unit to plant a million mangroves in a span of one hour in an unprecedented tree planting stint participated in by more than 7,000 stakeholders. The result was officially announced by Ms. Seyda Subasi Gemici at the press conference held Thursday last week at Villa Del Rey, Capit...
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07Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- With the increasing risks brought about by climate change and global warming, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) saw the necessity to offer assistance to government workers in areas directly affected by natural calamities in the form of special leave. Under CSC Resolution No. 1200289 issued on February 8, state workers in officially declared calamity areas may avail of the special emergency leave for five straight working days or on staggered basis. ...
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05Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, Mar 5 (PIA) -- Civil-military cooperation plays a key role not only in disaster response but also on various risk reduction initiatives, proving its efficiency not only in Albay but also in other areas in the country and abroad. Roderick Mendoza of the Albay Public Safety and Management Office cited the critical role of the military and other men-in-uniform in assisting civil authorities in building disaster resilient communities especially in remote and high ris...
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05Mar2012DAET, Camarines Norte, Mar 5 (PIA) -- A Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (DRR/CCA) trainings will be conducted here for women to be spearheaded by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) and Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO). PDRRM Officer Carlos Galvez said that the training will be held this coming March 7-9 in two separate schools in St. John de Apostles ...
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02Mar2012VIRAC, Catanduanes, March 2 (PIA) -- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) is set to call all municipal chiefs of the 11 towns of Catanduanes to discuss hazard-prone areas in their respective Area of Responsibility (AOR) in the soonest possible time. According to PENRO Joaquin Ed Guerrero, speakers will come from mainland Bicol. The said meeting aims to prepare and give warning to Local Government Uni...
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02Mar2012SORSOGON CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) headquarters here, together with the Sorsogon City Water District (SCWD), enjoined the public to be aware in conserving water and show concern by reporting water leaks in their areas. SCWD manager Engr. Rolando Borbono requested the public to report water leaks and illegal water connections as a way of cutting down on water losses and pilferage which is being shouldered by the consuming public and charged in their water...
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01Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- Starting June this year, commercial establishments across Albay would be prohibited to use plastic bags, styrofoams, and other synthetic materials as packaging materials for goods sold to the public. The regulation on the use of plastic will be implemented in accordance Provincial Ordinance 2011-3 passed and signed by Albay Governor Joey Salceda on Feb. 21, 2011. Board Member Arnold Embestro, chairperson of the Committee on Environment of the Sanggu...
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01Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Catanduanes is putting in place a housing program featuring weather-resistant houses powered by renewable energy. “We are initiating the implementation of the housing project that would provide affordable and safe homes to government employees and Home Development Mutual Fund (PagIbig) members in the province,” Catanduanes Governor Joseph Cua told the Philippines News Agency here over the weekend. ...
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28Feb2012SORSOGON CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) first district engineering office in Sorsogon has since been working on the completion of three river control systems in this city and Casiguran town to ensure the projects will be ready in time for the rainy season to mitigate effects of heavy flooding along river banks and neighboring areas. DPWH I District Engineer Romeo D. Doloiras said that the non-stop rains have caused rivers in some areas in the p...
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24Feb2012SORSOGON CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The World Food Program (WFP) conducted a three-day training on disaster preparedness and risk reduction for three municipalities here in line with technical support it pledged to the country affected by a recent earthquake and floods, a WFP release said. The training, which started Feb. 21, included participants from the local governments of Juban, Casiguran and Bulan in Sorsogon province, and officials from the Provincia...
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21Feb2012LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), through the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), has identified areas in Bicol that are prone to tsunami and advised its residents to be watchful of the ocean even during normal times. Ocean wave disasters need real-time observation and rapid dissemination of warning so that people in these identified areas of Bicol will be prepared, according to DOST regional director Tomas ...
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21Feb2012SORSOGON CITY, Feb.21 (PIA) -- Watershed areas need to be cared for, preserved and protected as these sustain the source of water, said Engr. Ronaldo G. Borbono, manager of the Sorsogon City Water District (SCWD). According to Borbono, the watershed areas now being maintained by SCWD are very well preserved and protected by farmers themselves and now home to several endemic flora and fauna. It is envisioned to become a tourism visitation site. The local water district co...
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17Feb2012by Irma A. Guhit SORSOGON CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- Guided by the global trend for sustainable development, this city has anchored development to harmonize with the environment, advocating the "Green Economy Approach." Sorsogon City Mayor Leovic R. Dioneda expressed the importance of the natural environment of areas where development will take shape, that when development takes place, tree conservation, its topography, and the overall setting sh...
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16Feb2012SORSOGON CITY, Feb. 16 (PIA) -- The 18-man delegation from Cambodia that visited Sorsogon City for the past two days this week was impressed with Sorsogon City's climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives and strategies; components of the disaster risk reduction contingency plan like shelter, livelihood, evacuation centers; comprehensive land use plan; and where tourism and wellness were the emerging highlight of the city's development. Mayor Leovic Dioneda of this city ...
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16Feb2012SAN ANDRES, Catanduanes, Feb. 16 (PIA) -- Girl Scouts from the San Andres Vocational School (SAVS) participated in helping in greening the environment through a tree planting activity on February 4, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. The said activity was undertaken as part of the Girl Scouting Program and SAVS’ Green Surroundings Program. The former is an action plan covering the whole Girl Scouting environment of fun, adventure, and challenges where girls working alone or in small group...
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15Feb2012LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- Albay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) on Wednesday suspended classes in the preschool, elementary, and high school levels in the province, as disaster authorities are bracing up for heavy rains spawned by an active Low Pressure Area (LPA) spotted in the Mindanao region. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said the suspension of classes is a standard public safety and disaster avoidance measure to secure a zero casualty goal during di...
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13Feb2012SORSOGON CITY, Feb. 13 PIA) -- A number of visitors from a neighboring country are in town not to see the sights but to learn how a Philippine province is readying itseIf for any natural disaster. They are representatives from several local governments in Cambodia to immerse and learn the strategies implemented by the local government of Sorsogon in terms of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (CCAM). Recommended by the UN Habitat as one of the places here in Asia whose st...
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10Feb2012SORSOGON CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- The very erratic weather condition here in the province of Sorsogon has been one of the reasons why farmers complain of the effect of the weather in their agricultural productivity the reason why the Department of Agriculture made the province as one of its pilot areas for automatic weather stations that would stabilize agricultural outputs. Farmers who rely on the weather reports provided daily by the ...
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10Feb2012VIRAC, Catanduanes, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- In support of the National Greening Program (NGP), the policemen here were directed by Philippine National Police (PNP) provincial director Superintendent Lito Pitallano to plant six trees each monthly until 2013. Last week, Supt. Pitallano and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) representative PENRO Joaquin Ed Guerrero, signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) wherein the PNP and DENR will identify suitable areas for the establishmen...
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08Feb2012LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Climate change does not only mean the worldwide experience of fluctuating and unpredictable changes in weather, but it has also called attention to the integrity of infrastructure -- whether these can stand the intensity of the wind, the heat, storm or snow. Senator Francis Escudero on Tuesday reiterated his call for a comprehensive review of the National Building Code through Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2843 that seeks the strengthening of the state’s existing stru...
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08Feb2012MASBATE CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) — Masbateños can now participate and win big cash prizes in the “E-trike Design” contest. Sponsored by the Department of Energy, the contest requires participants to submit 2D and 3D computer-aided drawings of design for Philippine’s electric tricycle. They must also be accompanied by official registration forms, which can be downloaded at www.doe.gov.ph (DOE website) or www.pia.gov.ph (PIA website) The criteria: aesthetics/creati...
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07Feb2012LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- An earthquake with intensity 3 jolted this city while an intensity 2 rocked Sorsogon City yesterday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs instruments recorded the earthquake at about 11:49 a.m. Monday with a magnitude of 6.9 at the Richter scale with epicenter in Tayasan, Negros Oriental. Ed Laguerta, Phivolcs resident volcanologist here, said instruments located the earthquake at 9.97 degrees N...
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06Feb2012NAGA City, Feb 6 (PIA) -- With the Department of Energy (DOE) on the helm of its newest campaign to ensure a more cleaner and safer air for the next generation, the streets all over the country will soon be filled with practically designed electric tricycles or e-trikes to replace the usual and old model of noisy and smoke belching tricycles roaming the main thoroughfares of every city and municipalities all over the country. The E-trike Design contest launched on January 18 by DOE, aside ...
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02Feb2012MASBATE CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA)-- Masbateños may have no choice but to face more natural calamities as the effects of climate change become more and more pronounced. Fortunately there are a number of measures now being implemented by the city government to deal with disasters, according to Mayor Socrates M. Tuason. One evidence is that the city has mapped out its short- and medium-term strategies to prepare the city for disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes; this is embodied...
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01Feb2012DAET, Camarines Norte, Feb 1 (PIA) -- More than 400,000 assorted tree seedlings were planted last year under the National Greening Program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) provincial office here. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Elpidio Orata said that the seedlings were planted to more than 600 hectares planted by 3,215 people. NGP is one of the priority programs of government and ...
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01Feb2012SORSOGON CITY, Feb.1 (PIA) -- El Nino was felt in 2011; it will be La Nina's turn this year and provinces have been instructed to prepare for any eventuality. The Sorsogon Provincial Disaster Risk Management Office (SPDRMO), in its continuing effort to heighten awareness about La Nina, is urging its members to intensify activities in support of La Nina awareness. SPDRMO spokesperson Vhon Andre Labalan, explained the needed harmonization of efforts of member agencies espe...
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31Jan2012SORSOGON CITY, Jan 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the National Solid Waste Management Council (NSWMC), recognized eight local government units (LGUs) in Bicol for its effective implementation of solid waste management as specified in the mandate of Republic Act 9003 otherwise known as “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.” The awarding was done yesterday, January 30, at the DENR office in Rawis, Legazpi City. &n...
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27Jan2012LEGAZPI CITY, Jan 26 (PIA) -- Soon, smokeless, electric trikes on the streets nationwide. Aiming to create the Philippine version of “green vehicle” or environment-friendly modes of transportation vehicles that do not contribute to the pollution and at the same time showcase the innovation and ingenuity of the Filipinos, the Department of Energy finally sets off its Nationwide E-trike Design Contest. The competition evolves around the theme theme: “Bright Now! Do R...
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26Jan2012SORSOGON CITY, Jan. 26 (PIA) -- The office of Sorsogon Vice Governor Antonio H. Escudero convened early this week all municipal action officers to harmonize and collectively coordinate efforts, resources, and manpower especially in the implementation of the disaster risk reduction mechanisms based on their municipal contingency plans. Escudero made the appeal to the municipal action officers in the light of the event that happened in Cagayan de Oro where people and government agencies...
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02Aug2011LEGAZPI CITY, August 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office here has reported an initial P274,697,000 damages to infrastructures in five provinces devastated by typhoon “Juaning” last week. Engr. Tony Saguinsin, maintenance division chief of DPWH V, has reported during the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) meeting Friday last week that some P222,897,000 worth of damages were inflicted on national roads...
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