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BANTARGEBANG, Indonesia (AP) — Long before dawn breaks over Indonesia ’s largest landfill, Nur Wencih joins thousands of waste pickers climbing mountains of garbage, searching for anything they can sell. The 35-year-old widow has worked at the site on Jakarta’s eastern edge for two decades,...

A thorough investigation into the garbage-dumping incident outside the office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Davao City will be conducted, Malacañang said. "Nakausap po mismo natin si Secretary Jonvic Remulla ngayong araw dahil kasama po siya sa meeting kanina,...

The E nvironmental Management Bureau of the  Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-EMB) denounced the dumping of garbage outside the department 's regional office in Davao City,  saying it violated environmental laws and undermined efforts to rehabilitate the city’s...