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                    [Title] => Environmental advocates pushing for ecotourism investments
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Environmental advocates are pushing for ecotourism investments as an alternative to mining operations in the country.
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                    [Title] => P50 interconnectivity fee for emission test suspended
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Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Reynaldo Berroya ordered all the agency’s provincial and regional offices yesterday to suspend the collection of the P50 interconnectivity fee from private motorists who have their vehicles tested at private emission testing centers (PETCs).


Berroya ordered the suspension after the system established by the LTO’s information technology (IT) provider, Stradcom Corp., reportedly slowed down due to the sudden increase in the number of private vehicles being registered this month. 


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                    [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta
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                    [Title] => Operasyon ng mga PETCs dapat higpitan
                    [Summary] => MATINDI ang kinakaharap na pagsubok ngayon ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ukol sa pagpapatupad ng Clear Air Act.


Tunay na marami tayong mga katuwang sa pagpapatupad sa batas na ito, subalit marami rin ang sa aming palagay ay hindi nakakatulong at bagkus ay lalo pang nakakapinsala sa ating operasyon upang linisin ang hangin, lalo na sa Metro Manila.


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                    [AuthorName] => Mike Defensor
                    [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon
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                    [Title] => Environment desks to be set up in all police stations
                    [Summary] => Stepping up efforts to prevent further environmental destruction, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is putting up environmental desks in all police stations nationwide. 


Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Michael Defensor said his agency has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine National Police (PNP) to establish such police desks to go after violators of environmental laws.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-03-20 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Katherine Adraneda
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                    [Title] => Teachings from mom and dad
                    [Summary] => It started with making minute parts for flashlight batteries worth less than a centavo a piece. Today, Valerie Products Manufacturing, Inc. exports vehicle bodies to Vietnam, Indonesia, and the United States.  It has also  clinched a deal with Dutch firm, Teleflex GFI Europe/AG Autogas to develop liquefied petroleum gas  or LPG conversion kits.


 "This will put the Philippines in league with the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Italy, Turkey, Iran, India, Korea, Malaysia, and Australia as a future exporter of the LPG autogas system," said president Emigio Jose.  


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                    [Title] => Oil firms: We’re ready to comply with provisions of Clean Air Act
                    [Summary] => Who wants the implementation of the Clear Air Act (CCA) deferred anyway?


Not the major companies whose executives told the Senate committee on environment and natural resources, chaired by Sen. Roberto Jaworski, yesterday that they were ready to comply with the provisions of the law.


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                    [AuthorName] => Sammy Santos
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                    [Title] => House opposition slams oil firms for ‘blackmailing’ Congress
                    [Summary] => The leader of the opposition in the House of Representatives accused the "oil cartel" yesterday of blackmailing Congress and the people on the enforcement of the Clean Air Act (CAA).


"It’s pure and simple blackmail," Minority Leader Carlos Padilla (LDP, Nueva Vizcaya) said of the threat of the "Big 3" oil firms to increase their prices by 80 centavos to P1.50 per liter if they are forced to comply with the law on a cleaner environment.


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                    [Title] => DOE urges oil firms to maintain diesel prices
                    [Summary] => The Department of Energy (DOE) is urging oil companies to maintain at current levels the prices of their diesel products.


"We echoed not only DOE’s appeal but also the consumer groups and the consumers. We are appealing that diesel prices should be maintained at current levels especially since it is a very socially sensitive product," Energy undersecretary Jose Emmanuel De Dios said in a press conference.


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                    [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula
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                    [Title] => The stray cats of Forbes Park
                    [Summary] => Signs of the time 1: Despite the recent Korea travel advisory against the Philippines, those Korean honeymooners aren’t canceling their trips. You see, the no-refund bookings were made three months ago.


It is the Korean honeymoon business that is keeping alive local resorts
* * *

Signs of the time 2: It seems smugglers have called it a year and have already closed their books.


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-09-12 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1488513
                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [Title] => Estrada rejected garbage deal — ex-Palace man
                    [Summary] => Ousted President Joseph Estrada had scrapped the controversial $380 million garbage collection and recycling contract of Jancom Environment Corp. (JEC) that is constantly being "resurrected," a former Estrada Cabinet member said yesterday.


Testifying before the House ecology committee chaired by Rep. Augusto Baculio of Misamis Oriental, Robert Aventajado said the former president set aside the contract because the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) decided that it could no longer be implemented.


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Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Reynaldo Berroya ordered all the agency’s provincial and regional offices yesterday to suspend the collection of the P50 interconnectivity fee from private motorists who have their vehicles tested at private emission testing centers (PETCs).


Berroya ordered the suspension after the system established by the LTO’s information technology (IT) provider, Stradcom Corp., reportedly slowed down due to the sudden increase in the number of private vehicles being registered this month. 


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                    [Summary] => MATINDI ang kinakaharap na pagsubok ngayon ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ukol sa pagpapatupad ng Clear Air Act.


Tunay na marami tayong mga katuwang sa pagpapatupad sa batas na ito, subalit marami rin ang sa aming palagay ay hindi nakakatulong at bagkus ay lalo pang nakakapinsala sa ating operasyon upang linisin ang hangin, lalo na sa Metro Manila.


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                    [Summary] => Stepping up efforts to prevent further environmental destruction, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is putting up environmental desks in all police stations nationwide. 


Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Michael Defensor said his agency has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine National Police (PNP) to establish such police desks to go after violators of environmental laws.


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 "This will put the Philippines in league with the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Italy, Turkey, Iran, India, Korea, Malaysia, and Australia as a future exporter of the LPG autogas system," said president Emigio Jose.  


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                    [Title] => Oil firms: We’re ready to comply with provisions of Clean Air Act
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"It’s pure and simple blackmail," Minority Leader Carlos Padilla (LDP, Nueva Vizcaya) said of the threat of the "Big 3" oil firms to increase their prices by 80 centavos to P1.50 per liter if they are forced to comply with the law on a cleaner environment.


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                    [Summary] => The Department of Energy (DOE) is urging oil companies to maintain at current levels the prices of their diesel products.


"We echoed not only DOE’s appeal but also the consumer groups and the consumers. We are appealing that diesel prices should be maintained at current levels especially since it is a very socially sensitive product," Energy undersecretary Jose Emmanuel De Dios said in a press conference.


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It is the Korean honeymoon business that is keeping alive local resorts
* * *

Signs of the time 2: It seems smugglers have called it a year and have already closed their books.


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                    [Summary] => Ousted President Joseph Estrada had scrapped the controversial $380 million garbage collection and recycling contract of Jancom Environment Corp. (JEC) that is constantly being "resurrected," a former Estrada Cabinet member said yesterday.


Testifying before the House ecology committee chaired by Rep. Augusto Baculio of Misamis Oriental, Robert Aventajado said the former president set aside the contract because the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) decided that it could no longer be implemented.


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Environmental advocates pushing for ecotourism investments

By Ghio Ong | November 27, 2011 - 12:00am

Environmental advocates are pushing for ecotourism investments as an alternative to mining operations in the country.

Headlines

P50 interconnectivity fee for emission test suspended

By Sandy Araneta | January 7, 2007 - 12:00am

Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Reynaldo Berroya ordered all the agency’s provincial and regional offices yesterday to suspend the collection of the P50 interconnectivity fee from private motorists...

Headlines

Operasyon ng mga PETCs dapat higpitan

By Mike Defensor | October 4, 2005 - 12:00am

MATINDI ang kinakaharap na pagsubok ngayon ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ukol sa pagpapatupad ng Clear Air Act. Tunay na marami tayong mga katuwang sa pagpapatupad sa batas na ito, subalit...

PSN Opinyon

Environment desks to be set up in all police stations

By Katherine Adraneda | March 20, 2005 - 12:00am

Stepping up efforts to prevent further environmental destruction, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is putting up environmental desks in all police stations nationwide. Environment and...

Nation

Teachings from mom and dad

By Jessamine Villareal | June 7, 2004 - 12:00am

It started with making minute parts for flashlight batteries worth less than a centavo a piece. Today, Valerie Products Manufacturing, Inc. exports vehicle bodies to Vietnam, Indonesia, and the United States. It...

Business As Usual

Oil firms: We’re ready to comply with provisions of Clean Air Act

By Sammy Santos | November 20, 2002 - 12:00am

Who wants the implementation of the Clear Air Act (CCA) deferred anyway? Not the major companies whose executives told the Senate committee on environment and natural resources, chaired by Sen. Roberto Jaworski,...

Nation

House opposition slams oil firms for ‘blackmailing’ Congress

October 29, 2002 - 12:00am

The leader of the opposition in the House of Representatives accused the "oil cartel" yesterday of blackmailing Congress and the people on the enforcement of the Clean Air Act (CAA). "It’s pure...

Headlines

DOE urges oil firms to maintain diesel prices

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | October 16, 2002 - 12:00am

The Department of Energy (DOE) is urging oil companies to maintain at current levels the prices of their diesel products. "We echoed not only DOE’s appeal but also the consumer groups and the consumers....

Business

The stray cats of Forbes Park

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | September 12, 2002 - 12:00am

Signs of the time 1: Despite the recent Korea travel advisory against the Philippines, those Korean honeymooners aren’t canceling their trips. You see, the no-refund bookings were made three months ago. It...

Business

Estrada rejected garbage deal — ex-Palace man

By Jess Diaz | April 25, 2002 - 12:00am

Ousted President Joseph Estrada had scrapped the controversial $380 million garbage collection and recycling contract of Jancom Environment Corp. (JEC) that is constantly being "resurrected," a former Estrada...

Headlines