DENR Urges Public to Conserve Water as El Niño Threatens Philippines

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), together with the National Water Resources Board, appealed to the public to conserve water amid the possibility of an El Niño in the country later this year. Earlier this week, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Association reported the presence of El Niño conditions in the tropical Pacific. An El Niño raises the possibility of below-normal rainfall conditions in many parts of the coun