Field officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) commended the support of Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones’ administration in transforming the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP). Education Secretary Leonor Briones (Photo from DepEd) DepEd, in a statement, said that in...
Officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) led the groundbreaking ceremony of the National Educators' Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) - Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) extension building. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) “Cordillera is continuing the tradition of being a center for...
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...
Environment and toxics watchdog EcoWaste Coalition said that the issuance of the list of non-environmentally acceptable products and packaging or the NEAPP list should be among the most pressing concerns of the Duterte administration in its final year. (Photo from the EcoWaste Coalition) In a...
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...
Is the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) delaying the implementation of the ban on non-environmentally acceptable products (NEAP), which primarily targets single-use plastics? (Photo by Antoine Giret / Unsplash) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda gave a tough response Monday, June 28 to an environmental group's threats to sue the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) over its slow action on the implementation of a key law against plastic...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has acknowledged the delays in the banning of items on the non-environmentally acceptable products (NEAP) list, but insisted that authorities were "doing their best". DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda...