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After the closure of all 335 open dumpsites nationwide, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is now shifting its focus to cleaning the country's oceans. (Photo courtesy of the DENR) Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units Concerns Benny D....

US Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d’Affaires John Law In March 2021, a leading Philippine oceanographer and an American explorer, together, reached the deepest point of the Philippine trench – a historic voyage to one of the least-explored places on Earth. By partnering on marine issues,...

Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday, June 6, reiterated her call for the government to come up with a solid waste management strategy to address the overwhelming volume of plastic wastes, which remains a major environmental problem for the Philippines. “A 2015 University of Georgia study revealed...

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could halve how much sea levels rise due to melting ice sheets this century, according to a major new study modelling how Earth's frozen spaces will respond to ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE Since 1993, melting...

Food and beverage manufacturer Nestlé Philippines and marine conservation social enterprise Pure Oceans have entered into a partnership to design, procure, and operate a prototype boat called Basura Bangka to transport plastic waste from coastal and island communities in Batangas to recycling...