Sunday, February 26th, 2012
The National Mapping and Resource Information Agency (NAMRIA) presented Friday the maps showing the delineation of the core and buffer zones of the ‘Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, UNESCO World Heritage Site to the stakeholders coming...
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Philippine authorities are scrambling to map out previously unknown fault lines across the archipelago after a powerful 6.9 magnitude quake flattened villages, twisted roads and killed dozens in the country's central island of Negros earlier this month....
Monday, February 13th, 2012
On Monday the World Bank released “Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood-Risk Management for the 21st Century,” which outlined strategies for countries, such as the Philippines, on how they could manage the risk of...
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
The municipality recently created a council in order to manage the town’s land properly. The town’s council through the leadership of Vice Mayor Aureiana Sacpa formulated the land information office and cadastral council last month. This is to...
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
The Philippine government has made geo-hazard maps, which outline areas prone to natural disasters, publicly available in a bid to reduce vulnerability at community level. The geo-hazard map developed by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the...
Friday, January 13th, 2012
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 is set to conduct a cadastral survey covering a total of 73,661 hectares at a cost estimated to reach P163.09 million. The survey will be conducted in selected...
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
It’s finished!!! After a decade of intense and dedicated work, the Forestland Boundary Assessment and Delineation for the entire Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula has been accomplished by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) particularly by...
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Paje’s move came in the wake of initial reports that a number of cadastral survey projects outsourced by the government were incomplete or abandoned by the survey contractors. “This blacklisting should serve as a warning to all survey...
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
The government, through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), will host two global events geared toward protecting marine and coastal resources this month. The Global Conference on Land-Ocean Connection and the Third Intergovernmental Review on...
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
The government will start releasing funds for P141.8 billion worth of infrastructure projects under the recently enacted General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2012 this month, a senior official said on Monday. Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad...
