After President Rodrigo Duterte blamed climate change on rich Western countries last week, Malacañang on Saturday embraced the observance of Earth Hour and called on Filipinos to take part in the symbolic event. “We encourage the entire Filipino nation to take part in this collective human effort to save our planet from the ill effects of global warming,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement, hours ahead of the scheduled switch-off on Saturday night.

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