20 schools to vie as Model School in Solid Waste Management
Twenty (20) schools will vie for this year’s 2016 Search for Model Schools in Solid Waste Management, an annual contest sponsored by the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO). Based on the new mechanics of the contest, the selection of the participating schools in the elementary and high school levels will be made by drawing of […]
Reg’l Expo 2016 all set and ready
The PROTECH Center is all set and ready for the South Cotabato Regional Industrial Technology and Trade Expo 2016 which will officially start on July 4. Emmanuel Jumilla, Assistant Provincial Planning and Development Officer and PROTECH Center Manager, and also concurrent Chairperson of this year’s Regional Expo disclosed, that different activities are lined for the […]
SWM-TWG prepares for Search for Model Schools in Solid Waste Management 2016
A Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting was conducted recently in preparation for the Search for Model Schools in Solid Waste Management 2016 by the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) as its Head Secretariat. PEMO-Environment Management Division chief Senior Environment Management Specialist Elbe Balucanag led the discussion on the contest criteria, mechanics and guidelines attended by […]
TWG drafts IRR of Health Care Waste Management Ordinance
A Technical Working Group (TWG) composed of representatives of some provincial government offices and national line agencies recently drafted the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Health Care Waste Management Ordinance recently enacted by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) and likewise the Manual of Operation for the Health Care Waste Treatment Facility of the province. […]
Airshed Board conducts anti-smoke belching campaign anew
The South Cotabato Airshed Governing Board (SCAGB) composed of DENR-EMB 12, Provincial Environment Management Office, City and Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Offices and Non-Government Organizations recently conducted a Vehicle Smoke Emission Testing at the garage of Yellow Bus Lines, Inc.(YBL), one of the biggest bus companies in Mindanao located at General Santos Drive, Zone […]
5-month mining, quarry tax collection posts P7.7-M
The Sand and Gravel and Mining (SGM) tax collection of the province continue to increase for the past four (4) months of 2016, this was the report of the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO). PEMO disclosed that from January to May this year, its SGM tax collection totaled P7,759,692.78, with the latest addition of P1,557,551.10 […]
Prov’l Dev’t Council hails NGOs, LGUs for invaluable contributions
CITY OF KORONADAL — Seventeen (17) Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and eleven (11) Local Government Units (LGUs) of the province were awarded Certificates of Appreciation by the Provincial Development Council (PDC) during their regular meeting held last June 21 at the PDC Hall, PPDO Building, this city. Governor Daisy P. Avance Fuentes, PDC Chair, personally handed […]
2016 Search for Cleanest & Greenest LGU Update… Evaluators conduct final consolidation of results
The team of evaluators of the 2016 Search for Cleanest and Greenest LGU conducted the consolidation of the final results of the contest on June 17 – 18 at Princess del Leonor Beach Resort, KIamba, Sarangani Province to determine this year’s winners. Announcement of winners of said annual contest will be made on July 11 […]
PEMO upgrades skills of T’boli Jewelers
Some 28 members of the T’boli Jewelers Association (TJA) joined the Upgrading Skills Training on Jewelry-Making conducted by the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) at the Day Care Center of Poblacion, T’boli from June 8 – 10. Nencita Acain, PEMO – Mines and Geo-Sciences Division chief disclosed that the 3-day skills training aims to improve […]
Mongolian Small-Scale Miners visit South Cotabato
Fifteen (15) Mongolians involved in Artisanal Small-Scale Mining (ASSM) visited South Cotabato in order to learn first-hand the “best practices” of the thriving small-scale gold mining industry of the province. NGO BAN Toxics, partner of the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) in their campaign on Mercury-free mining, accompanied the Mongolians in their study tour. PEMO […]
