Air quality around the Navotas Sanitary Landfill has significantly improved following last month’s fire incident, but water quality monitoring near the facility yielded “not good” results, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Monday, May 11. The DENR said...
A month after the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill reportedly broke out, all monitored areas in Metro Manila recorded “good” air quality levels for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Sunday, May 10. Citing PM2.5 data as of...
Most adult Filipinos expect their quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, but overall personal optimism declined to its lowest level in nearly six years, according to the March 2026 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Tuesday, May 5. The nationwide survey, conducted...
The current air quality in Metro Manila is “not good” due to the continuous smoke coming from the Navotas Sanitary Landfill, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Juan Miguel Cuna said on Monday, April 27. Drone footage from the Obando Municipal Disaster Risk...
The fire at the inactive Navotas Sanitary Landfill, which further worsened air quality in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, could have been prevented. This was pointed out by environmental group BAN Toxics, which flagged critical gaps in waste management practices and policies, as well as a...
Metro Manila 's air quality has improved as emissions from the Navotas City landfill fire ease amid ongoing containment and suppression efforts, with Bulacan seeing similar gains. The Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-EMB) reported...
Air quality in Metro Manila has yet to return to pre-fire levels nearly two weeks after the blaze at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill, with satellite monitoring showing nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) levels still higher than those recorded before the fire as of Thursday, April 23, the Philippine Space...
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted in the first quarter of 2026 found that 50 percent of adult Filipinos said their quality of life had worsened compared to 12 months ago. Results of the survey, conducted from March 24 to 31 and released on Thursday, April 23, showed that 23 percent...
ILOILO CITY—With haze affecting parts of Metro Manila and Metro Cebu, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 assured that air quality in Metro Iloilo is within safety standards. “Based on the latest monitoring conducted today, air quality across all stations remains within good...
Only four cities in Metro Manila recorded “good” to “fair” air quality levels, while most areas fell under “unhealthy” to “acutely unhealthy” categories following the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Sunday,...
Manileños are urged to limit outdoor exposure and wear face masks as “very unhealthy” air quality was recorded in parts of Manila on Saturday, April 18, largely due to smoke from the Navotas landfill fire. Based on the 12 noon air quality update under the Asia Blue Skies Project, three...
Metro Manila residents must wear face masks outdoors as air quality across the capital deteriorated to hazardous levels, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Tuesday, April 14. In an advisory, the OCD–National Capital Region said monitoring stations recorded pollutants reaching “unhealthy”...
