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PNOC-EC unlikely to drill within remainder of Du30 term on May 3, 2021 at 8:31 pm Government-run PNOC-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) said it is unlikely to begin its first oil-drilling activities within the remaining days of the Duterte administration even with the government’s push for the harnessing of indigenous resources. In a recent virtual forum, PNOC-EC President and CEO Rozzano Briguez said the company still needs to conduct further studies, which may take 12 months, before drilling.  Briguez even admitted in a report by The Philippine Star that the state-owned firm is still un...

(DENR / MANILA BULLETIN) Wilzon Valdez, DPWH Region 2 (Cagayan) information officer, said that the flood control project which is 50 percent complete is 240-linear meters long and has a 450-millimeter thick rubble concrete, steel sheet piles, and spur dikes. District Engineer Danilo U. Tabilas reported to DPWH Region 2 director Loreta M. Malaluan that the project will mitigate the impact of flooding and scouring of vast agricultural lands as the water level in this area tends to rise during the wet season. Flood during the wet season poses a great threat to lives and properties on low lying a...

Earth Day is less than a week away with this year’s theme of “Restore the Earth.” Earthday.org expounds on it by saying, “Together, we can prevent the coming disasters of climate change and environmental destruction. Together, we can Restore Our Earth.” It is a fitting theme after the World Meteorological Society (WMO) declared 2011-2020 as the hottest year on record. Ocean heat is also hitting record levels due to greenhouse gas emissions. WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas explained, “In 2020, the annual Arctic sea ice minimum was among the lowest on record, exposing Po...

Published March 4, 2021, 2:58 PM The P63-million flood control structure in Echague, Isabela is now over halfway finished, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said in a statement on Thursday, March 4. The development was reported to DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar by OIC-District Engineer Jocelyn P. Palaeg of the DPWH Isabela 4th District Engineering Office (DEO). (DPWH) The agency is racing to finish the project along the Cagayan River’s Barangay Annafunan section in Echague, Isabela by July 2021 or just before the start of the rainy season. Villar said the ongoing project inc...

(Photo via DPWH) About 50,000 cubic meters of soil, sand, and silt is expected to be dredged from the river, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said. The dredging began on February 17 and is expected to continue throughout the summer season.  “Two amphibious excavators are now operating to dredge heavily-silted portions of Marikina River. This operation will significantly help in preventing the events of flooding in Marikina City which is considered a catch basin of rainwater coming from upstream areas of San Mateo and Montalban, Rizal, and the ci...