Monthly Archives: April 2015

The Regional Land Use Committee (RLUC) conducted its first quarter meeting last March 19 in Odiongan, Romblon. This was attended by representatives from regional line agencies (RLAs) and local government units (LGUs).  The meeting aims to provide updates on the disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (DRR/CCA) enhanced provincial development and physical framework plans (PDPFPs). The integrating DRR/CCA Project of the NEDA, UNDP and AusAID which started in 2010, intends to mainstream the integrated concerns of DRR/CCA in plan […]

The Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA), once again takes the lead in recognizing champions of volunteerism as it launches the 2015 Search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV). The yearly search aims to give recognition to the unsung and ordinary Filipino citizens and organizations who have contributed extraordinary milestones for the country through their small, yet invaluable, acts of service towards nation-building and national development. The SOV is the yearly centerpiece event culminating with the celebration of the National Volunteer […]

The Palawan Province of the MIMAROPA Region boasts the second largest nickel mine output in the Philippines in terms of nickel production in 2014 next to CARAGA Region known to be the nickel capital of the country.  Click to read more…

When Coral Bay Nickel Mining Corporation (CBNC) decommissioned its 80-hectare Tailings Storage Facility 1 (TSF 1) in June 2010, there was not a slight idea on how the company would reclaim the barren, rocky dam slope filled with reddish-brown tailings appearing as a total eyesore on satellite images.       Click to read more…