BAGUIO CITY — Atok, home of popular flower gardens, wants to limit tourists flocking into the town, to protect the plants and its environs. Atok Mayor Raymundo Sarac said around three hundred tourists a day… Read more »
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MARINE BABY TURTLES. Children from Calay-Ab, Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur help guide baby turtles on their way to the sea during a “Marine Baby Turtles Releasing” event held in the morning of January 9, 2020… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY — Baguio City, the country’s “Summer Vacation Capital”, gears to impose taxes to tourists. An ordinance proposed by Councilors Maria Mylen Yaranon and Joel Alangsab forwards an “Environmental User’s Fee (EUF) System” that… Read more »
VIGAN CITY — Residents in Ilocos Sur who report a turtle nesting site to local officials will be given a monetary reward through the provincial government’s Marine Turtle Protection Program. Started last October 2019, through… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY — Baguio City’s environmental rehabilitation is attuned with the national government’s thrust towards sustainable tourism. Department of Tourism (DOT) chief Bernadette Puyat said this at the multi-stakeholders’ meeting kicking off Baguio City’s planned… Read more »
DAGUPAN CITY — The Public Affairs Section of the United States (US) Embassy in the Philippines conducted the 11th Media Seminar held at the Hotel Jen in Pasay City recently in celebration of World Maritime… Read more »
MAIBILANG ti danum a puon ti panagbiag ken panagprogreso ti tao, ngem no dadduma, agbalin met a gapu ti trahedia. Nalawlaw dagiti nasurok a 7,100 nga isla ti Pilipinas iti baybay, ken nagadu dagiti karayan… Read more »
LAOAG CITY — The Province of Ilocos Norte’s greening initiative against climate change was recognized as national pioneer during the “Cash-for-Work for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Program” of the Department of Social Welfare and… Read more »
HUG-A-TREE CHALLENGE. Members of the mountaineering group Amianan Outdoor Recreation including one young boy respond to the #hugatreechallenge challenge initiated by Ballog Adventures, a Facebook community of Ilocanos focused on environmental protection, by hugging one… Read more »