Environmental groups’ call: Save trees on path of Davao-Samal bridge

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Environmentalists here are alarmed that hundreds of trees are being cut down to give way to the China-funded bridge project that will connect this city to nearby Samal Island. Carmela Marie Santos, head of the environment group Ecoteneo and secretariat of Sustainable Davao Movement (SDM), said they were surprised to see