In a Feb. 3 letter to Molintas, DENR Cordillera director Paquito Moreno Jr. said SMI had been granted permits to cut 93 pine trees and one agoho tree, which were felled in 2022 and 2023.

FIRST Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH), one of the country’s oldest and most diversified conglomerates, has joined a newly launched Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) program, ...