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Quirino province taps Nestlé for watershed rehab PPP
Nestlé Philippines, Inc. through its Creating Shared Value Program, the Nescafé Plan, participated in the watershed rehabilitation program of the province of Quirino through the Q-LiFE (Quirino Livelihood for Everyone) ...
- August 30, 2013
Pasig River rehab head sacked
President Duterte has terminated the head of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) for alleged corruption in the agency, Malacañang announced yesterday. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said the ...
- September 11, 2019
Writ of Kalikasan
The Supreme Court's Writ of Kalikasan is a relatively new item in the judiciary's arsenal of weapons, along with the Writ of Amparo. This writ or court order is seldom used, and most of the time the Supreme Court issues ...
- May 7, 2019
G20 to tackle ocean plastic waste as petrochemical makers expand in Asia
Japan wants to make reducing the glut of plastic waste in the oceans a priority at the Group of 20 summit it is hosting this month as governments around the world crack down on such pollution. Images of plastic debris-strewn ...
- June 14, 2019
PH oceans get a break
Shore It Up! (SIU), an environmental awareness initiative of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), celebrated last March 2 to 4 its 10th year of rescuing, restoring and reviving bodies of water and coastlines all over ...
- March 9, 2018
Power firm to rehabilitate Boracay wetland
Lopez-led power generation firm Energy Development Corp. (EDC) is investing P10 million it's adopted a wetland in Boracay Island to turn it into an eco-tourism park. The adopted 7.79- hectare Wetland No. 2 located here is ...
- January 28, 2019
Globe leads awareness campaign on Marine Biodiversity Conservation
Following its recent rehabilitation efforts in Boracay, Globe Telecom led an awareness campaign on Marine Biodiversity Conservation in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte which is dubbed as the surfing mecca of the Philippines. ...
- January 3, 2019
A lesson from Sri Lanka on saving mangroves
When Yolanda lashed Samar and Leyte in November 2013, feet tripped on feet to contain the damage. The statistics that surfaced five months after were terrifying: 6,300 dead, 4.1 million displaced, and 1.1 million houses ...
- June 1, 2015
Again, on solid waste management
Following the habagat for Southwest monsoon rains that flooded many parts of Metro Manila this week, a team from the group Basura Patrol went to the Manila Bay area and found plastic bags, straws, and other disposables, ...
- July 23, 2018
Cleaning Manila Bay
Several administrations in the past have attempted-- and obviously failed -- to clean the waters of Manila Bay, where one can see the world-famous beautiful sunset. This time around, under the leadership of President ...
- January 14, 2019