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abtest

Marcos urged to safeguard marine protected areas from plastic pollution

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | July 19, 2022 - 11:16am

In a release Tuesday, Oceana urged the Marcos administration to “do what previous administrations failed to do”—implement...

Climate and Environment

World must work together to tackle plastic ocean threat: WWF

By Stéphane Orjollet | February 8, 2022 - 8:57am

Plastic has infiltrated all parts of the ocean and is now found "in the smallest plankton up to the largest whale" wildlife...

Climate and Environment

DENR: More action needed but state of Pasig River 'a lot better now'

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | June 28, 2021 - 4:04pm

In a briefing Monday, DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said the government went out of its way to clean up all the rivers...

Headlines

Pasig, other Philippine rivers among biggest contributors to ocean plastic pollution

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | June 10, 2021 - 5:12pm

The 27-kilometer Pasig River, which flows through the capital region, was identified as the most polluted by plastics.

Headlines

On World Oceans Day, group calls for better implementation of policies addressing plastic pollution

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | June 8, 2021 - 5:10pm

Environmental lawyer Gloria Estenzo-Ramos said the Philippines has a strong law addressing the garbage problem: Republic Act...

Headlines

On Month of the Ocean, groups call for policies that will protect country's seas

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | May 7, 2020 - 12:39pm

The groups warned that uncontrolled production and use of single-use plastics and indiscriminate disposal of plastic and other...

Headlines

Group calls for ban on waste importation

By Louise Maureen Simeon | May 16, 2019 - 12:00am

A green group is calling for a total prohibition on the importation of hazardous waste amid Canada’s failure to take back its illegal garbage export.

Science and Environment

Dead whale's plastic-filled stomach a 'wake-up call' vs pollution — Greenpeace

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | March 19, 2019 - 11:37am

The case of a dead whale with 40 kilos of plastic trash in its stomach—said to be one of the worst cases of poisoning—should...

Headlines

‘Biggest contributors of marine plastic are multinationals’

By Rhodina Villanueva | July 19, 2018 - 12:00am

Environmentalists say that the Philippines has been consistently among the top three contributors to marine plastic pollution worldwide since 2014, but the biggest sources are in fact multinational corporations overseas....

Science and Environment