BORONGAN CITY – A province-wide simultaneous coastal cleanup was conducted in Eastern Samar on Tuesday, May 9, as part of the Month of the Ocean celebration. Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone said Project Kalikasan Linisan Estehanon Aksyon Na (KLEAN) was launched pursuant to Presidential...
As the government moves to contain the remaining oil spill in Mindoro, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announced on Saturday, April 15, the government’s initiatives to move beyond the oil spill cleanup operation and find livelihoods for its victims. (Photo from the Presidential...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 (Caraga) on Thursday, April 13, conducted a cleanup activity and planted mangrove propagules in coastal areas in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte. THE Police Regional Office-13 plants mangrove propagules in the coastal areas of Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, on...
ILOILO CITY – A Holy Week cleanup drive is underway in Boracay Island. ONE of the participating groups in the clean-up drive at world-famous Boracay Island on Maundy Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Malay-Boracay Tourism Office) “A successful day towards environmental sustainability and a greener way...
ILOILO CITY – No new oil slick has been sighted in the northeastern coastal town of Caluya in Antique province, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-6 said during the first quarter meeting of the Western Visayas Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) here. CLEANUP of debris...
POLA, Oriental Mindoro (AFP) – A crab covered in oil creeps across the sand as fishermen wearing white protective suits, rubber gloves, and respirator masks scrape toxic sludge from the rocks along the shore. A CRAB is covered with oil on a beach in Pola, Oriental Mindoro, one of the areas...
There is nothing more that the Philippines can do but to disengage after the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected the country's appeal to suspend the drug war probe. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. stated this when sought for a comment on the ICC's decision on the sideline of the...
BAGUIO CITY – Vendors displaced by the public market fire here are back in business after the completion of the seven-day cleanup drive under the “Bangon Palengke” program on Monday, March 20. A WEARY volunteer rests during the Baguio public market cleanup. (JJ Landingin) Displaced vendors...
ILOILO CITY – A team from the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas is set to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the damage sustained by three barangays in Caluya, Antique from the oil slick from the sunken tanker M/T Princess Empress in Oriental Mindoro. A TEAM from the University of...
BAGUIO CITY – Volunteers have joined hands to clean the public market here hit by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. VOLUNTEERS clean the Baguio City Public Market on Monday, March 13, after it was hit by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong has set a seven-day...
Turns plastic waste into watches Swiss watch brand, Luminox, successfully completed its coastal cleanup project, “Our World, Our Future”. One hundred and 15 sacks of plastic waste were recovered from the beaches of La Union following a four-phase cleanup drive that started in September and...
Leaders and employees behind the #GreenLifeGreatLife movement represented Personal Collection Direct Selling, Inc. as one of the ten finalists for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility at the Marketing Excellence Awards 2022 last December 1, 2022. 2022 was a year of recovery for the entire...
