Environment

DOST to help Boracay on waste management

ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is focused on helping Boracay Island address its solid waste management issues. Engineer Rowen Gelonga, DOST 6 (Western Visayas) director, said in an...

Dureza underscores media role in creating safe environment

DAVAO CITY – Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza on Thursday emphasized the role of journalists in building an environment conducive to exercising free speech and protecting human rights. "If journalists...

Miss Earth 2017 favors single-use plastic ban to save oceans

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- Reigning Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco is amenable to banning single-use plastics to save the world’s oceans and to protect marine wildlife. In a security briefing for the...

Gov’t bats to ‘sustain gains’ during Boracay island reopening

BORACAY — Government authorities and stakeholders on Friday committed to bolster sustainable tourism as one of the world’s leading tourist destinations, Boracay Island, reopened its doors to the public on Friday. “The reopening...

Plastics can kill sea turtles, says Apo Island exec

DUMAGUETE CITY -- A key official of the world-renowned Apo Island Protected Landscape and Seascape (AIPLS) in Dauin, Negros Oriental on Wednesday urged the public to refrain from throwing plastics into the...

Boracay cops ready for Oct. 26 re-opening

BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- More than 500 policemen are now deployed in Boracay to prepare for the expected influx of tourists when it reopens on October 26. Senior Supt. Jesus Cambay Jr., commander...

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