Twenty-four professional divers retrieved underwater garbage – mostly plastics – in Sipaway Island in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. The “scubasureros” have been collecting trash from Negros Occidental waters every year since 2007 as part of the Environment Month celebration in the province. This year, the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) partnered with the local government of San Carlos City through the City Environment Management Office. It chose the Dapdap area and Sitio Caimito in Barangay San Juan, Sipaway Island as the sites for the underwater garbage collection program.

Divers collect underwater trash. (2018, July 22). Panay News, pp. 2, 14.