Her strides in saving the planet and fighting climate change have earned her a spot as one of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Champions of the Earth. Leading the charge in the Philippines’ largest city,…
In Barangay Sangay, Palapag, Northern Samar, a mother in distress calls the police. The emergency: Her 7-month-old baby is suffering from high fever. Patrolwoman Ara Mae Linde, assigned at the Revitalized Pulis sa Barangay of…
Manila Water Foundation, the social development arm of Manila Water Company, continues to champion water access, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). “While we deliver WASH programs that serve families and communities, in Quezon City in recent…
The country’s efforts to conserve biodiversity areas are guided by the Philippine Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. To implement the PBSAP, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative, an international…
Residents of Sebaste, Barbaza and Sibalom towns in Antique province will not worry about food and water shortage during the El Niño season. They have constructed small farm reservoirs that will ensure irrigation water for…
“See Love Clearly,” the free eye surgical mission of the Tzu Chi Medical Foundation PH and Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, saw 213 local patients regain their eyesight through the help of volunteer ophthalmologists led by…
Fruit trees and vegetable gardens have sprouted in the five-hectare headquarters of the Quezon City Police District as officers try their hand on urban farming under the initiative called “‘Project Green Camp Karingal.” The project…
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development on Thursday welcomed the release by Pag-IBIG Fund of a P350-million developmental loan to a private company implementing a township project under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s…
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar, the man behind President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program, is a man of few words but full of determination.…
Quezon City Mayor Josefina "Joy" Belmonte is the first Filipino elected official to receive the "Champions of the Earth" recognition from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEP formally announced Belmonte and other individuals and…