Iya Gozum

Journalist at Rappler

Climate and environment reporter for @rapplerdotcom | Send me tips at [email protected]

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The Green Report: The future of conservation

3 weeks ago | rappler.com | Jee Y. Geronimo |Iya Gozum

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Agri, timber firms can soon reforest and develop gov’t lands

3 weeks ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

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P18B needed to subsidize P20/kilo rice program in 2026

3 weeks ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

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Loyzaga leaned on science to lead DENR. Now it's time to go.

3 weeks ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

MANILA, Philippines – Toni Yulo-Loyzaga leaves the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) after three years of service, a stint dotted by controversies that demanded her departure from her methodical working style. The outgoing secretary’s big project in the department was to map the Philippines’ natural resources. Not big on politics and the press, she buttressed her governance on scientific expertise and knowledge. For Loyzaga, the saving is in the knowing.
Who is Marie Grace Pascua, the new NCIP chairperson?

3 weeks ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

MANILA, Philippines – At the helm of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is Marie Grace Pascua, the newly appointed chairperson who hails from Ifugao province. She concurrently serves as ethnographic commissioner for the Cordillera Administrative Region and Ilocos Region. Pascua was former regional director for the NCIP’s Mimaropa office. She has been with the NCIP since 1999.
PRA downplays harms of Manila Bay reclamation projects

3 weeks ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Reclamation Authority dismissed fisherfolk and environmental groups’ concerns on harms caused by reclamation in Manila Bay, saying the claims are unscientific and speculative. “Their assertions of environmental harm were not supported by competent, science-based evidence showing actual or imminent damage of the requisite magnitude,” the PRA said in a 46-page comment submitted to the Supreme Court.
Marcos urged to appoint champions of municipal waters in DA, BFAR

1 month ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

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Gov’t expands P20/kilo rice program to 120,000 minimum wage earners

1 month ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government has identified 120,000 minimum wage earners nationwide who will be beneficiaries of the P20/kilo rice program starting June. The initial list came from the Department of Labor and Employment, according to Department of Agriculture (DA) spokesman Arnel de Mesa. Selected minimum wage earners will be allowed to buy a maximum of 10 kilos per month. How the rice will reach the minimum wage earners remains a question.
DA wants to keep lower rice tariffs until next harvest season

1 month ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to recommend keeping lower tariffs on imported rice until the next harvest season, according to agriculture chief Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., to avoid jacking up prices significantly during lean months. “I will not increase for now because the harvest season here and in origin [countries] — those selling — is over,” Laurel told reporters in a mix of Filipino and English on Monday, May 26.
A bittersweet end to Makabayan's 'real opposition' campaign

1 month ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

The outcome of the 2025 elections has been bittersweet for voters who were in search of an alternative to Marcos-Duterte politics. This is especially so for the Makabayan coalition that stood on a “genuine opposition” platform amplified by its party-list groups and a near-complete Senate slate. A stunning turn of events saw former senators Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan in the Magic 12.