The Marcos administration is pursuing an “all-out” campaign against garbage and flooding while urging local governments and communities to strengthen discipline in waste disposal, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said. Recto said this after leading a meeting of key government agencies and local...
While the government is eyeing the completion of upgrades and the construction of 13 pumping stations in Metro Manila, President Marcos admitted that these measures alone will not solve the perennial flooding problem in the metropolis. In an interview during his inspection of the Tripa de Gallina...
Malacañang has called out some beneficiaries of the government 's emergency employment program for allegedly posing as cleaners of waterways for photos and videos while failing to perform the work for which they were hired. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro...
President Marcos has directed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to accelerate the clearing and waste collection operations at the Baclaran River in Parañaque City, which recently drew public attention due to the massive garbage...
President Marcos said the country is facing a serious garbage problem but rejected describing the situation as a “garbage crisis,” while stressing that tougher penalties for littering must be matched by adequate waste disposal facilities. In an interview during the inspection of clearing and...
President Marcos has pushed for the continued implementation of the government 's waste-to-energy program and has appealed to local governments and Filipinos to properly dispose of their garbage, saying that waste dumped into waterways has worsened flooding in parts of Metro Manila. Speaking...
Stressing the need to improve waste disposal, President Marcos said the decades-old Ecological Solid Waste Management Act will be updated. "Sa kabila ng mga ginagawa nating ito, kailangan pa rin nating iwasto ang ating pamamaraan sa pagtapon ng basura (Despite all these efforts, we must still...
Antipolo City Mayor Jun Ynares reminded residents to properly dispose of and manage all types of waste and chemicals following a foam overflow in a portion of Sitio Oreta that reached several nearby homes. On Wednesday, July 22, Ynares said the city government immediately inspected the area to...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) expressed its support for the Department of Energy 's (DOE) waste-to-energy plan aimed at converting the cities ' garbage into fuel, ushering in a new dawn of renewable energy in the National Capital Region (NCR). During a meeting at the Metropolitan Manila...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded the administrators of hospitals owned by the provincial government of Camarines Norte to dispose of their medical wastes properly to safeguard people's health and the environment. The reminder, contained in COA's annual audit reports, was issued to...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Thursday, January 4, urged Filipinos to shun the use of single-use plastics and to be more practical in terms of waste disposal. Legarda made the call as the country observes Zero Waste Month, as she renews her call for the Philippines to...
Photo courtesy of the Manila Public Information Office/MANILA BULLETIN Around 100 sacks of garbage were collected by the Manila Department of Public Services (DPS) during a clean-up operation at Baseco Beach in Barangay 649, Port Area, Manila, on Sunday, June 30. “Bumabagyo man, hindi nagpatinag...
