Secretary Roy A. Cimatu (left) leads officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in a toast during the agency's New Year's Call held on January 4 (Friday) at the DENR Central Office in Quezon City. Cimatu commended the agency's officials for their hard work, dedication and perseverance which allowed the DENR to exceed targets for 2018. He also urged them to use the challenges ahead to showcase their passion for public service, and reminded them that the DENR's mandate goes beyond personal needs, wants and interest as the future of the nation is at stake against the impacts of climate change. Also in picture are (from left to right) Undersecretaries Atty. Ernesto D. Adobo Jr., Atty. Jonas R. Leones, and Sherwin S. Rigor.###

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Published: 06 January 2019

Assistant Secretary Daniel Darius Nicer of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) shows members of the media a reading from water sample taken from the mouth of the Estero San Antonio de Abad, which drains directly into the Manila Bay near the Manila Yacht Club along Roxas Boulevard in Manila. The estero has been identified as one of the tributaries of the bay within Metro Manila with the highest concentration of coliform. The DENR has vowed to reduce the coliform level in the bay to make it fit once more for swimming, as mandated by the Supreme Court in 2008. ###

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Published: 28 December 2018

Assistant Secretary Daniel Darius Nicer (seated) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) shows media a drone video tracing the path of the Estero San Antonio de Abad, identified as one of the most polluted tributaries of the Manila Bay. The estero traverses residential and commercial areas within western Manila, including the area between the Central Bank and the San Juan de Dios Hospital, and ending up at the Manila Bay Yacht Club. The DENR is set to investigate establishments fronting Manila Bay to check which of them are discharging untreated wastewater or sewage directly into tributaries or the bay itself, which is a violation of the Clean Water Act. This is part of efforts to step up the cleanup of the bay 10 years after the Supreme Court first issued a mandamus to 13 government agencies to restore its water quality to safer levels. ###

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Published: 28 December 2018

Philippines’ Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu (left) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Minister Li Ganjie before the slated bilateral meeting between the governments of the Philippines and China held in consonance with the Climate Change Conference held December 3, 2018 at the China Pavilion International Conference Centre in Katowice, Poland. ###

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Published: 21 December 2018

Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu (left) shakes hands with the Welcoming Party of the Polish Government at the Opening of the Leaders' Summit on December 3, 2018 at the International Conference Centre in Katowice, Poland. Cimatu leads the Philippine delegation to the 24th Council of Parties for the Climate Change Conference. ###

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Published: 21 December 2018