The International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC) is back for another year and is shaping up to be the biggest one yet, taking place simultaneously on September 21 at 15 different SM Supermalls across the country: SM By the Bay at SM Mall of Asia Complex, SM Tuguegarao Downtown, SM City Tuguegarao, SM City...
Two recent typhoons have again brought the message of the importance of solid waste management. Specifically, it highlighted the fact that people’s behavior has much to do with the problem and yet, it can also provide a long-term solution. Improper disposal of garbage has been identified as...
President Marcos has encouraged Filipinos, especially the youth, to participate in the nationwide coastal cleanup and conservation activities. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos made the call on Monday, Sept. 2, in a video message for the observance of Maritime and...
Over 2.6 million kilograms of trash were collected during the launch of the Marcos administration's Kalinga at Inisyatiba Para Sa Malinis na Bayan (Kalinisan) program on Saturday, Jan. 6, Malacañang said Monday. CLEANUP DRIVE — Members from government agencies, private groups, and...
President Marcos has rallied all newly elected Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSK) officials to clean up all roads, canals, markets, and schools as he launched the administration's nationwide clean-up program this year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said...
ILOILO CITY – A five-minute daily cleanup has been launched at world-famous Boracay Island as part of the recent Tourism Week celebration of Malay town, Aklan province. VOLUNTEERS conduct a five-minute cleanup drive on the shores of world-famous Boracay Island. (DOT Western Visayas) The...
Senator Cynthia Villar has renewed her call for the public to do their part in safeguarding the oceans and seas for the benefit of everyone who depend on the bounties of the seas. During the International Coastal Clean-up Day or ICC celebration at the Las Pinas-Paranaque Wetland...
BACOLOD CITY – Volunteers received two kilos of rice for every sack of garbage they collected in the coastal cleanup in celebration of the 66th birth anniversary of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Barangay Banago here on Wednesday, September 13. More than 1,000 volunteers joined the...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos is now acting on one of her advocacies as she volunteered to help the Inter-Agency Council for the Pasig River Urban Development in their efforts to clean up Pasig River. (File photos | Argyll Geducos, Liza Marcos/Facebook) Housing Secretary Jose Acuzar said this...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor has ordered the insurance firm of the sunken oil tanker MT Princess Empress to start the distribution of payment to damage claimants on or before September 30 this year. ORIENTAL Mindoro Gov. Bonz Dolor (left) signs an...
CAVITE – Around 3,000 seasonal workers here were temporarily hired to help in a flood-prevention clean-up drive in in Cavite City, Kawit, Noveleta, and Rosario. Cavite 1st District Rep. Jolo Revilla said the cleaning of canals, drainages, creeks, rivers, and coastal areas has officially started on...
From around 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, there remain 120,000 to 240,000 liters in the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has revealed, as oil siphoning finally began to safely extract the chemical substance deep down the waters of Oriental...
