After years of exhausting efforts to appeal with government agencies to stop the construction of the Samal Island – Davao City (SIDC) Connector Bridge project, environmental groups in Davao City are now seeking the intervention of the Supreme Court through a petition for a Writ of Kalikasan.
As 2024 comes to an end, Davao Today looks back on the stories that impacted and resonated with Davaoeños, ranging from politics to the environment.
The sentiments of Samal residents have worried environmental groups and a family that has protected the island’s reefs for years. The bridge construction will destroy corals and affect the pristine waters that make Samal beaches a favorite destination.
An environmental coalition is considering legal action on the Samal Island-Davao City Bridge project (SIDC) after seeing little action from the city government on the environmental damages that the project may bring to both Davao and Samal Island.
The groups Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) and the Sustainable Davao Movement (SDM) protest the cutting of trees as it is covered by the Davao City Heritage Trees Protection Ordinance.
In an effort to appease concerns on the environmental impact of building the Samal Island – Davao City bridge, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced Monday, April 22 that it will set up a craneway in delivering its materials.
If a proposed China-funded bridge connecting Samal Island and Davao City went ahead, the rich marine ecosystem of Paradise Reef will be threatened, marine biologists say.
Here in IGaCos, efforts to protect dugongs are not without challenges. Without records or data at hand, it is difficult to gauge if its protection efforts truly have an impact.
The Northern Davao Electric Cooperative (NORDECO) started using modular generator sets to rid the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) of rotational power outages.
The City Council of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) has declared a state of calamity for the entire island due to an ongoing power crisis and increasing public dissatisfaction.
