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Published February 4, 2021, 6:00 AM Rio Grande de Cagayan is the longest and largest river in the Philippines. Popularly known as the Cagayan River, its total length is 505 kilometers traversing the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, and Nueva Viscaya. For several decades now, Region 2 or the Cagayan Valley region ,has been suffering from floods. Late last year, Isabela and Cagayan were both devastated after the onslaught of two succeeding super-typhoons when massive volumes of rainwater were released from Magat Dam straddling the boundaries of three provinces. The dam drains down to the...

Published December 31, 2020, 7:41 PM Amid the “extraordinary” challenges Malacañang faced in 2020, it remains optimistic that the economy will be on a rebound in 2021. In a 55-page yearend report released on Thursday, Malacañang cited some of the major highlights of the Duterte administration’s accomplishments and interventions in 2020, particularly its COVID-19 response. “Ten months since COVID-19 surfaced in the Philippines means we must learn to live with the virus, especially now that we know more about COVID-19, how it spreads, and how to avoid it,” Malacañang said. “The r...

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu (NTF AGAINST COVID-19 / MANILA BULLETIN) Cimatu directed DENR Undersecretary for Special Concerns Edilberto Leonardo to create four special composite teams that would augment the anti-illegal logging operations in those areas. He said the creation of augmentation teams is a strategic move on the part of the DENR to shift its orientation in forest protection operation more towards prevention by “going hard and swift” against the financiers and operators. The order is pursuant to Executive Order 23, Series of 2011, which calls for the creation of anti-illeg...