Albur landfill project bucked

Just as proponents of the Alburquerque Sanitary Landfill Facility were already discussing the funding requirements, a mammoth group of Alburanons stood in the way to block the implementation of the project. Full story

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through a newly created task force served notice that a new sheriff is in town when it closed the Dumaluan Beach Resort Tuesday (DBR) even as it considered the possibility of demolishing illegal structures inside it. The National Anti-Environmental Crime Task Force (NAECTAF) served notice of its existence when a team led by Undersecretary Roy Kyamko padlocked the BDR after it was found to be fully operational. Full story

WORLD Wildlife Foundation, the global conservation organization brings to Bohol its innovative environmental education program, the Learning Interdependently For the Environment (LIFE) caravan this October. LIFE is a roving educational van that tours coastal communities and schools in the country.  Full story

14 call center applicants earn “near-hire” status

OF the more than 200 applicants for the Skyes job fair held September 14-15 here, a good 14 or about 7% of them were considered near-hires, a step off their dream of working in the techie world of business process outsourcing (BPO), fair documents bare. The 14 Bohol applicants now await a US phone patch, their final validation interview in the process. Full story