Category: Environment

Back to Basics: Natural farming provides farmers cheap, effective, accessible agri inputs

By HENRY EMPEÑO | August 31, 2025 [Second of Two Parts] IBA, Zambales — With mechanization and use of certified seeds becoming the norm in Philippine agriculture, poor soil fertility, pest and disease problems, and water shortages remain the leading causes of low agricultural productivity—all of which require substantial costs to manage and control. Philippine… Read More Back to Basics: Natural farming provides farmers cheap, effective, accessible agri inputs

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Zambales wins 7 awards in 2025 Eco Summit

CLARK FREEPORT — The Provincial Government of Zambales, along with four local government units and one village organization in the province, collected a total of seven awards in the Environmental Summit 2025 held here at the Widus Hotel on Aug. 28 to 29. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) in Central… Read More Zambales wins 7 awards in 2025 Eco Summit

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Back to Basics: Homegrown palay program draws growers back to chemical-free farming

By HENRY EMPEÑO | August 30, 2025 [First of Two Parts]                IBA, Zambales — A growing number of rice farmers in this capital town of Zambales are switching back to farming methods without chemical use following the introduction here last year of the Palay Partnership Program (PPP) by BCV Farms. The program, which focuses on… Read More Back to Basics: Homegrown palay program draws growers back to chemical-free farming

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Masinloc-Oyon Bay vies for ‘Para El Mar’ marine conservation award

By HENRY EMPEÑO | August 18, 2025 MASINLOC, Zambales — Central Luzon’s lone marine protected area, the Masinloc and Oyon Bay Protected Landscape and Seascape (MOBPLS) in this town, is competing in the 2025 “Para El Mar” (For the Seas) Awards, which recognizes excellence in the conservation and governance of marine protected areas (MPAs). The… Read More Masinloc-Oyon Bay vies for ‘Para El Mar’ marine conservation award

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Zambales schools to collect plastic bottles for project funding

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – A plastics recycling project will soon benefit public schools in Zambales under a partnership between government agencies and a private recycling company. The Ecology Center of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Zambales, Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Zambales,… Read More Zambales schools to collect plastic bottles for project funding

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5 years of river cleanup: SMC removes 8.5 M tons of waste

SAN Miguel Corporation (SMC) recently marked five years of cleaning up major rivers and river systems — a continuing effort that has, as of end-June, removed around 8.5 million metric tons of silt and solid waste from 10 key waterways in and around Metro Manila. Launched in 2020, the initiative, dubbed Better Rivers PH, aims… Read More 5 years of river cleanup: SMC removes 8.5 M tons of waste

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SM Prime’s Hans Sy champions private sector leadership in disaster resilience at UNDRR Global Platform 2025

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime) Executive Committee Chairman Hans Sy reaffirmed the vital role of the private sector in disaster risk reduction (DRR) during the 2025 Global Platform of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), held in Geneva, Switzerland. Representing the Philippine private sector at the Ministerial Roundtable on “Accelerating Financing… Read More SM Prime’s Hans Sy champions private sector leadership in disaster resilience at UNDRR Global Platform 2025

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Arbor Day: San Marcelino, CENRO Olongapo lead planting of 1,000 fruit-bearing trees

SAN MARCELINO, Zambales — About 1,000 seedlings of fruit trees were planted by employees of the local government of San Marcelino in a joint tree-growing project with the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO-Olongapo). The activity was undertaken at Sitio Palan, Barangay San Rafael on June 25 in celebration of the Philippine Arbor Day,… Read More Arbor Day: San Marcelino, CENRO Olongapo lead planting of 1,000 fruit-bearing trees

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SBMA, DTI-Zambales set up Subic bamboo nursery

By E. H. Edejer | June 28, 2029 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… Read More SBMA, DTI-Zambales set up Subic bamboo nursery

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SBMA celebrates week-long Subic Bay Arbor Day 2025

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) kicked off its week-long celebration of Subic Bay Arbor Day 2025 with the opening ceremony held at the Harbor Point Ayala Mall Promenade on Monday, June 23. Dubbed “Kanian Tiawan, Kanian Biag, Kanian Biay,” in Ayta Ambala dialect, or “Our Forest, Our Home, Our Life”… Read More SBMA celebrates week-long Subic Bay Arbor Day 2025

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