Climate Change/Environment

KORONADAL CITY-Abot na sa mahigit tatlong daang mga indibidwal ang nanatili ngayong sa mga evacuation sa bayan ng Lake Sebu, South Cotabato as of 3 AM kanina.

Ang mga ito ay apektado ng pananalasa ng mga pagbaha at landslide sa mga barangay ng Takunel, Poblacion at dalawa pang mga Sitio.

Ito ay ayon kay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rolly Aquino.

Ayon kay Aquino apektado din ng kalamidad ang barangay Maculan at iba pang lugar sa nasabing bayan.

BINAHA ANG LOW LYING AREAS sa Dalican, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao dahil sa pagbaha.

Nagsimulang tumaas ang tubig sa mga kalsada alas 5:30 ng hapon kasunod ng malakas na ulan.

Agad na pinakilos ni Datu Odin Sinsuat Mayor Cheryl Mary Rose Ann Sinsuat ang municipal disaster risk reduction units upang tulungan ang mga nabahaan.

Nabigla ang karamihan dahil kauna-unahan ito sa kanilang lugar. Ilan sa kanila pansamantalang nanunuluyan sa town covered court.

Binaha na rin kaninang madaling araw ang mga low lying areas sa Barangay Kurentem, Datu Odin Sinsuat.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Two cities in Northern Mindanao Region on Monday suspended classes and work as the low pressure area (LPA) caused flooding in several communities.

A memorandum issued by Iligan City Mayor Celso Regencia said Sunday’s torrential rains have caused major roads and bridges to flood, making them impassable to vehicles.

He said some areas were affected by landslides as reported by the City's Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC), which damaged the roads and other infrastructures.

AGAD PINAKAWALAN alas 10:30 ng umaga kanina ang isang tarsier na natagpuan ng ilang residente sa Sitio Tungano, Barangay Renibon Pigcawayan, North Cotabato.

Pormal itong itinurn-over ni Jake Demetillo sa Municipal Environment and Resources Office o MENRO-Pigcawayan.

Sinabi sa Radyo Bida ni Demetillo, gabi nitong Feb. 17 ay hinabol ng kanilang aso ang tarsier kaya't kanya itong iniligtas.

Sa panayam ng Radyo Bida kay MENRO head Joaquin Tacula, sinabi nitong walang sugat at nasa mabuting kondisyon ang tarsier kaya't kaagad nila itong pinakawalan.

COTABATO CITY  – Two wounded sea mammals were safety returned to their natural habitat after environmentalists treated them of their injuries, officials said.

In a statement on Friday, Forester Iskak Dipatuan of Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO), said the two “Bottlenose Dolphin” (Tursiops truncatus) ran aground along the coast of Barangay Poral in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat.

COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy (MENRE) distributed Tuesday, Jan. 18, a total of 18 land titles, 60 seedlings, and an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) to its clients and partners as part of the celebration of the Bangsamoro region’s third founding anniversary.
 

PIKIT, North Cotabato --- Two minors were drowned Thursday in floods that hit dozens of barangays along the 220,000-hectare Liguasan Delta, swelled by recurring downpours since Monday.

Thousands of residents here and in nearby Pagalungan and Montawal towns in Maguindanao, touted as the gateways to the Liguasan Delta, were forced to relocate to higher grounds as floodwaters began inundating their villages Thursday.

LIBUNGAN, North Cotabato - KASUNOD NG MALAKAS NA BUHOS NG ULAN kahapon, binaha ang ilang low-lying areas sa Libungan, North Cotabato.

Tinatayang mahigit 100 mga pamilya ang apektado at napilitang hakutin ang kanilang kagamitn sa gilid ng highway na inabot na din ng tubig baha alas 8 kagabi.

Sinabi ni Municipal agriculturist Tereista Bingil Testado na nagsimulang tumaas ang tubig at pumasok sa mga bahay sa gilid ng highway ilang oras makaraan ang malakas na buhos ng ulan.

Bukod sa mga bahay, napasok na rin ng tubig baha ang Catholic chapel sa Barangay Batiocan.

KORONADAL CITY  – Environment officials today said an injured female pygmy sperm whale was rescued Monday and being treated in coast of Saranggani province.

Atty. Fellix S. Alicer, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-12) regional executive director, said the 2-meter weak and wounded whale (Kogia breviceps) was found by fishermen along the coast of Barangay Mabay, Maitum town.

“Our people in the area have been educated and trained to help and not to harm endangered species,” Director Alixer said.

KORONADAL CITY - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through DENR Region 12 Regional Executive Director Atty. Felix S. Alicer, donated through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) a total of fifty (50) Pocket WIFIs to the DepEd- South Cotabato Division on October 12, 2021, at Koronadal City.