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River warriors on cleanup drive
Amid the torrential rains brought by Tropical Storm "Domeng," personnel of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission have been continuously cleaning up creeks and rivers in the metropolis. Despite the bad weather caused ...
- June 13, 2018
Cimatu mulls over ban on single-use plastics in Bora
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is “seriously considering” a ban on single-use plastic items in Aklan’s Boracay Island to address its growing garbage problem. The prohibition of the use of single-use plastic products would ...
- June 13, 2018
Palace tosses Boracay issue to 3 agencies
The Department of Trade and Industry has proposed a phased rehabilitation of Boracay Island, even as Malacañang has asked the DTI and two more agencies to detail and justify their recommendation to close the top tourist ...
- April 3, 2018
Beating plastic pollution
In truth, people throw away plastic waste each year that could encircle the earth four times over! What doesn’t ends up in our already brimming landfills ultimately reaches our oceans, thereby affecting more biodiversity ...
- June 5, 2018
Youth to unleash inner heroes in 2018 International Coastal Cleanup Summit
The International Coastal Cleanup is a global movement celebrated every third Saturday of September yearly and being participated by more than 100 countries across the globe, including the Philippines, as we rally the ...
- September 25, 2018
'Bora' rehab completed in Dec. 2019- Puyat
While Boracay will be reopened on Oct. 26, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the rehabilitation of the island will be completed by December 2019. Speaking during the deliberations of the Department of Tourism ...
- September 14, 2018
Govt sets 6-point laundry list for Boracay cleanup
The government has unveiled its list of deliverables within the six-month closure of Boracay, giving a clearer picture of what the island’s locals and tourists should expect by the end of the shutdown. Meanwhile, some “big ...
- April 19, 2018
Win proposes new body to develop, rehab Boracay
Senator Win Gatchalian is proposing the creation of a Boracay Island Development Authority, which aims to sustain the rehabilitation and development of Boracay into a truly world-class tourism destination that would be the ...
- April 28, 2018
Manila Bay cleanup collects plastic waste
When it comes to plastic waste, it’s never truly gone when you throw it away, as proven by the amount of trash the Manila Bay spewed back inland during the recent typhoon that pounded the country. During the Manila Bay ...
- September 25, 2018
Fighting climate change
Intense rainfall persisting over days, droughts threatening the farmlands and the farmers’ livelihood, continuously rising sea levels and alarming flashfloods – these are only some of the negative effects that the mankind ...
- June 5, 2018