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We're so plastic
Filipinos throw away 164 million pieces of sachet packets daily. In one year or annually, estimates indicate that around 59.8 billion sachets are used – sold – discarded in the Philippines. On the average adult Filipinos, ...
- March 13, 2019
Water firms ordered to help speed up Boracay cleanup
Water concessionaires in Boracay have been ordered to work together and help speed up the cleanup of the island, which will be closed starting next Thursday. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu yesterday directed the Boracay ...
- April 20, 2018
MPIC's Shore It Up concludes 7th successful run: gathers biggest contingent of divers in Mindanao for underwater cleanup
Shore It Up, the flagship environmental sustainability program of the Metro Pacific Investment Corporation (MPIC) and members of the MVP Group of Companies, recently concluded its seventh and most successful run in Surigao ...
- July 20, 2015
DENR calls for end to impunity in environmental crimes
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has called for an end to impunity in crimes against the environment and for Filipinos to fill the gap in law enforcement, especially those that relate to the ...
- April 23, 2018
Laguna Lake rehab project not just about dredging'
The Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project is not just about dredging and cleanup, an umbrella group of different people’s organizations stressed yesterday. Pamana Lawa, representing residents of the province who stand to ...
- September 15, 2010
6-month Boracay closure to cost gov't P20 B
The government may lose P18 billion to P20 billion in gross receipts or income while 35,000 workers will be displaced if Boracay is shut down for six months, thus the need to fast-track its rehabilitation. In a press ...
- April 6, 2018
Manila Bay establishments told to fix sewer lines
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is now requiring all establishments around Manila Bay to connect to existing sewer lines or set up their own sewerage treatment plants (STPs). In a recently issued ...
- April 22, 2019
10,000 Manila Bay establishments inspected — DENR
lose to 10,000 commercial establishments around Manila Bay have been inspected since the bay’s rehabilitation program was launched a year ago, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The ...
- January 3, 2020
Saving Manila Bay
In last week’s Kapihan sa Manila Bay, we continued our focused discussions on the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. We have invited Manila City Administrator Atty. Erickson “Jojo” Alcovendaz, Jennifer Rufo of Maynilad Water ...
- February 25, 2019
Go: Political will needed for bay rehab
Political will is necessary to have progressed in the country, particularly in the rehabilitation of Manila Bay, former special assistant to President Duterte Christopher “Bong” Go said Thursday. “This is proof that the ...
- February 3, 2019