In line with the celebration of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, the Environmental Management Bureau Region 6, thru the Environmental Education and Information Unit (EEIU), held an oratorical contest on September 16, 2022 at District 21 Hotel in Iloilo City. The said event kicked off with a message from the continue reading : EMB 6 Holds Ozone Preservation Oratorical Contest
The national advocacy campaign on solid waste management of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was finally unveiled in the figure of Pinas: Basura Buster on August 12, 2022 at the SM City Iloilo event center as part of the nationwide campaign to increase public awareness and encourage public support to government programs continue reading : Pinas: Basura Buster Successfully Launched in Western Visayas
The EMB 6, thru its Environmental Education and information Unit (EEIU) boosted the youth sector’s environmental awareness in a lecture of the office’s mandates and environmental activities at theBrgy. Hall of Buray, Oton, Iloilo on June 28, 2022. The EEIU provided information to students of the said barangay, aged 15-25, as to the Bureau’s mission continue reading : EMB 6 Furthers Environmental Lectures in Buray, Oton
The EMB 6 linked up with various national government agencies and joined the national bike, hike, and plant activity on June 25, 2022 in its trail leading to the Maasin Watershed Forest Reserve. EMB 6 Regional Director, Atty. Ramar Niel V. Pascua led the office’s biking and hiking enthusiasts from the Iloilo Esplanade going to continue reading : EMB 6 Joins Bike, Hike, Plant activity in Maasin, Iloilo
Ginoong EMB Jeffrey Noel Leonor and Binibining EMB Heiress Lindsey Solo were crowned Ginoo at Binibining Kalikasan 2022 during the coronation night on June 27, 2022 at Grand Xing Imperial Hotel, Iloilo City. The eco-inspired pageant is part of the culminating activity of the month-long celebration of the Philippine Environment Month with the theme: “Aksyon continue reading : EMB 6 CONTESTANTS WIN GINOO & BINIBINING KALIKASAN 2022
The Boracay Coffee Table Book entitled “Boracay: A Paradise Reborn” produced and published by the Environmental Management Bureau 6 – Environmental Education and Information Unit was launched together with the National Government Agencies who are part of the rehabilitation process of the Island since 2018 at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Iloilo City on continue reading : EMB 6 Launches Boracay Coffee Table Book
The Environmental Management Bureau Region 6, thru the efforts of the Air Permitting Unit, conducted a sharing and re-echoing of comprehensive meteorology learnings and its impact on air quality on June 23, 2022, at Park Inn Hotel in Iloilo City. The data and knowledge gathered prior this event was coursed through to the chief of continue reading : EMB 6 Reverberates Comprehensive Meteorology Fundamentals and Air Quality Impact
The Boracay Island rehabilitation is now on the hands of the leaders of the Province of Aklan and Municipality of Malay as they formally accepted the said responsibility and its maintenance on June 16, 2022. Acting Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jim O. Sampulna, Chair of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), led the continue reading : Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force Turns Over Frontline Responsibilities to Aklan LGUs
The DENR and EMB linked up with the Tapaz local government unit as they inaugurated the newly constructed Tapaz Waste Management in Brgy. Agcococ, Tapaz, Capiz on June 9, 2022. In attendance were municipal mayor, the Hon. Roberto O. Palomar, municipal Vice Mayor, Hon. Ma. Fe Gardoce, DENR Undersecretary, Ret. MGen Benito Antonio De Leon, EMB continue reading : EMB Joins the Inauguration of New Tapaz Waste Management Center
