Climate Change/Environment

ISANG PATAY NA babaeng dugong or sea cow ang natagpuan sa baybayin ng Barangay Kinudalan, Lebak, Sultan Kudarat Province.

Natagpuan ito ng mga residente at kaagad namang ipinabigay alam sa Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO).

Inaalam pa ang dahilan ng pagkamatay nito.

Ang dugong ay may haba na 106 inches (head to tail) at timbang na abot sa 110 kilograms.

Ang hayop ay kabilang sa endangered species o malapit ng maubos sa kalikasan.

KORONADAL CITY – The South Cotabato government has created a Technical Working Group (TWG) to study the Sangguniang Panlalawigan's (SP) amendment to the province's environment code that lifted the open-pit mining ban.

In an interview Friday, South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. said his decision on whether to veto or not the lifting of the open-pit mining ban will depend on the TWG’S recommendations.

Tamayo said he has yet to receive the amended ordinance.

Happy #EarthDay! 

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COTABATO CITY - Mahigit 60 mga bahay ang totally damaged habang inaalam pa ang bilang ng mga partialy damaged makaraang manalasa ang buhawi sa Purok Kidepo, Barangay Kalanganan Uno at Mother Kalanganan sa Cotabato City pasado alas singko ng hapon kamakalawa.

Sinabi sa DXMS Radyo Bida ni Kalanganan Uno barangay kagawad Fahad Arap Bacol, na sa kasagsagan ng kanilang paghahanda para sa buka biglang bumuhos ang malakas na ulan at kasabay nito ang malakas na hangin.

COTABATO CITY -- More than 50 barangays in lowlands in central Mindanao got inundated after the 220,00-hectare Liguasan Delta overflowed due to heavy downpours the past three days.

Hundreds of families were displaced by flashfloods that swept through dozens of barangays on Saturday in the neighboring Pikit, North Cotabato and in Pagalungan and Montawal towns both in Maguindanao.

DAVAO CITY -- Three quakes rocked Surigao del Sur on Sunday night, the Phil. Institute of Volcanology and Seismology announced today.

Ang first tremor was magnitude 6.1 that came at 6:24 p.m. It was tectonic in origin and was traced east of Bayabas town.

About an hour later, at 7:22 p.m. another quake hit Bayabas town and it was recorded at Magnitude 5.8, still tectonic in origin, Phivolcs said.

Phivolc released the following Earthquake Information on the second earthquake.

Date and Time: 03 April 2022 - 07:22 PM

Magnitude = 5.8

Depth = 020 km

EARTH HOUR 2022

Every year, millions of people from around the world come together for Earth Hour, a global event to raise awareness about climate change and energy saving.

This year's theme is "Shape Our Future", and in solidarity, let us all switch off our lights at home and offices for one hour.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Low lying villages in Matalam and Antipas, North Cotabato have been submerged to a knee-deep flood water following heavy downpour brought about by intense thunderstorm in Monday afternoon.

The villages of Linao, Sta Maria and Minamaing in Matalam and Luhong in Antipas were severely affected damaging several hectares of rice fields and fish pens.

About half million worth of agricultural products and about P300,000 worth fish cages with matured tilapia due for harvest were damaged after strong water current swept through the villages.

KORONDADAL CITY  – Environmentalists in the Soccsksargen region today reported the sightings of five “sea cows,” commonly known by locals as “dugongs” off Sarangani Bay (SarBay) looking for food.

The sea mammals were spotted by the drone camera of Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape (SBPS) Protected Area Management Office (PAMO) foraging in the coast of Glan, Sarangani today, Friday (March 11), the last day of SBPS Week celebration.

KORONADAL CITY – At least 300 individuals were temporarily displaced after flash floods hit parts of the municipality of Lake Sebu and the near environs in South Cotabato the past two days.

In an interview on Wednesday, Rolly Aquino, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), said the evacuees were from the villages of Takunel and Poblacion, and two other sub-villages submerged by floodwaters following hours of moderate to heavy rains.