MANILA, PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — Sea turtles still scramble from the waters of Batangas Bay, paddling up the sand to bury their eggs. Coral reefs that some marine biologists call the Amazon of ...

Scarborough Shoal has become the focus of a new Chinese environmental report claiming that fishing and other activities linked to the Philippines are harming the reef’s fragile ecosystem in the South ...

A newly installed Catholic bishop in the Philippines has vowed to center his ministry on the environment and urged Catholics in his diocese to care for the Earth as outlined by Pope Francis in an ...

According to a new report by the watchdog Global Witness, the country remains the most dangerous place in Asia to be an environmental activist. News about anti-mining protests and a massive oil spill ...

Global Witness, an eco-watchdog, has linked businesses and investors, including development banks to the increasing violence against land and environmental defenders in the Philippines, a practice ...

A Philippine church official called for greater efforts in environmental protection during the Feast of the Child Jesus, the country's biggest religious festival. Archbishop Jose Palma of Cebu ...

TAGAYTAY CITY (PIA) — Around 1,000 multi-stakeholders gathered in Tagaytay City on Tuesday as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 4-A and Green Convergence formally ...

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, right, greets his Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani in Makati city, Philippines on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) MANILA, Philippines ...

The Philippines’ western island province of Palawan tops tourists’ bucket lists for its picturesque main destination, El Nido. This small fishing town of 50,000 residents is located within the larger ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu said on Wednesday that he will uphold President Rodrigo Duterte's plans to ban open-pit mining. "We will eventually ...

Attacks on environmental and land defenders in the Philippines have escalated under President Rodrigo Duterte, with at least 43 deaths in 2019, watchdog group Global Witness says in its latest report.

BORACAY, Philippines — Leonard Tirol, a 63-year-old hotel owner, had watched his native island of Boracay prosper from tourism but also pay a price as crowds and unfettered development soiled this ...