Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has given an ominous warning against local government units (LGUs) that indirectly pollute the waters of Manila Bay. DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda (Photo from Antiporda's Facebook) " tightly and closely...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda believes that part of the solution on the issue on single-use plastics or SUPs--considered a scourge by environmentalists--is to define the word "unnecessary" as it pertains to plastic products. DENR...
Some 1,000 mangrove trees were planted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Macabebe, Pampanga to mark this year's observance of the National Disaster Resilience Month. (Photo from DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda Facebook Page) DENR Undersecretary Benny D. Antiporda...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) bared Thursday, July 15 that it is investigating the local government units (LGUs) that have so far failed to submit their 10-year solid waste management (SWM) plans. (Photo by Antoine Giret/ Unsplash) The agency said in a statement that...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is now in the process of confirming whether or not Chinese vessels are dumping raw sewage--particularly human waste--within the country’s territory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). (Photo from AFP) This was bared by DENR Undersecretary...
Online retailers and merchants have been warned by Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda to not be "abusive" when it comes to the usage of bubble wrap. (Photo by Ellson Quismorio) "We would prefer the use of biodegradable wrapping materials like used...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng When Rustan's founder and family patriarch Ambassador Bienvenido ‘Benny’ Tantoco passed away early Tuesday morning, July 6th, an era of Philippine luxury retail came to a sad close. For along with his late wife, Gliceria...
Entrepreneur, diplomat, family figure Bienvenido Tantoco Sr., who lived to 100, was a shining example of how to live long and happy IN MEMORIAM Benny Tantoco Sr., portrait by Rupert Jacinto To me the greatest gift of Lolo Benny, Bienvenido Tantoco Sr., (April 7, 1921 - July 6, 2021), to the...
He leaves behind an unmatched legacy IN HIS PRIME Benny Tantoco in his younger years at the office Bienvenido R. Tantoco Sr., patriarch of the family behind the Rustan Group of Companies and former ambassador to the Holy See, passed peacefully Tuesday morning, July 6, 2021. Lolo Benny, as he was...
The 'father of luxury retail' in the Philippines was 100 years old Bienvenido R. Tantoco Sr. has passed away, a member of the family confirmed on the morning of July 6, 2021. The former ambassador to the Vatican, known to many simply as Lolo Benny, was 100 years old. 'RETAIL THERAPIST' Lolo Benny,...
Cavite's garbage problem must be addressed if the pollution of Manila Bay has any achance of getting solved. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu (Photo from DENR Facebook Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu had this to say in his recent talk with officials of the...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has slammed the study that branded Pasig River as the supposed top ocean plastic pollution-contributor among rivers in the world, likening it to a mere product of guesswork. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "Sad to say, these are all...
