LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Filipino environmentalists are protesting the release of Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, August 24. Former House Deputy Speaker and environmentalist Lito Atienza Jr. called on all sectors of the Philippines to unite in protesting this,...
The Philippines has expressed no opposition to Japan's move to release into the sea the wastewaters from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippines "recognizes the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s technical expertise" on...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is validating the initiative of a water company to turn wastewater at world-famous Boracay Island into organic fertilizer. A TEAM from the High Value Crops Development Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) validates biosolids, the organic...
The first Modular Ecology-Friendly Domestic Wastewater (MEDOWW) Treatment System in CALABARZON is underway, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office IV-A said on Thursday, Feb. 17. (Image courtesy of DOST Regional Office IV- A) In a press statement, DOST said that it has...
The wastewater treatment plant of Clark Water Corporation (CWC), a subsidiary of Manila Water Company, Inc., is facing closure after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) threatened to not renew the company's Temporary Discharge Permit (TDP). In a statement, Clark Development...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has told shipyard users that he is bent on solving Manila Bay's water pollution problem, which the latter may be exacerbating. (Photo from Undersecretary Benny Antiporda's Facebook) This, as Antiporda held a...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda is looking into the possible contamination of Manila Bay via wastewater coming from dilapidated vessels at local shipyards. (Photo from DENR) Antiporda, the head of the Manila Bay Anti-Pollution Task Force,...
