As the specter of the El Niño phenomenon looms large over the province of Iloilo, four municipalities stand on the brink of declaring a state of calamity. Carles, Dumangas, Barotac Nuevo, and Anilao find themselves grappling with the devastating impacts of this weather phenomenon, with losses in crops and dwindling water resources threatening the livelihoods of their residents.


4 Iloilo Towns Near Calamity Status

With its proximity to the National Capital Region (NCR), as well as the growing presence of large industrial and residential estates, there have been some concerns about worsening pollution in Calamba City, Laguna.

Report: Calamba has ‘cleanest air’ in PH

As dams run short of water due to El Niño

Amidst the looming threat of dwindling water levels in major dams, especially during the dry months, Task Force El Niño has emphasized the crucial need for continued water conservation to prevent a potential water crisis.

Water conservation urged

At the rate manufacturers of cellphones, tablets, television and other electronic devices are upgrading and coming out with newer and smarter versions of their products and promoting them, consumers are enticed to throw away the old (but still useful) gadgets thereby posing health hazards and the filling up of dumpsites.

E-waste: Earth’s other scourge

Masungi Georeserve, Mount Apo on agency's crosshairs

At the rate the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is being kept busy investigating incursions and illegal structures within protected parks and forests of the country, it would have little, if any time and people, left for its most basic mandate of overseeing the local government units in the country.


DILG kept busy by incursions

At last, we know that, all the while, it was the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – the department mandated to conserve and preserve all protected areas and parks– that is behind all the illegal structures.

PAMB behind Chocolate Hills resort

CLEAN WITHOUT HARM

Extreme heat, dry spells but not El Niño 

Drought affects Samar rice fields

The Yuchengco Group's PetroWind Energy Inc. (PWEI) is betting on wind power to end Panay Island’s persistent power woes.

Wind power project in Aklan enters Phase 2

At least 31 provinces are now grappling with the full impact of El Niño, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

El Niño hits 31 provinces

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