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No more mining please, Ynares asks Duterte, DENR
By Fernan Angeles FROM how it looks, the Rizal Provincial Government would be swayed by documents finding no fault on mining companies over the massive flooding that has hit the province during the onslaught of the recent typhoons. In a letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte, Rizal Governor Rebecca Ynares reiterated their call for a…
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Mayor Macalinao helps owners of untitled houses in Samal
By MAR T. SUPNAD SAMAL, Bataan – Mayor Aida de Guia Macalinao is now closely working with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to provide, at last, titles to the untitled lots and houses erected along the town’s highways in yet another record-breaking history of this town. Mayor Macalinao’s action came after Raul H.…
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No place to dump infectious wastes
By Fernan Angeles THE Philippines doesn’t have an appropriate place to dump 5,000 tons of medical wastes generated on a monthly basis from the time COVID-19 hit the country. Instead, garbage of this type have been dumped in sanitary landfills and handled by inadequately-equipped solid waste management personnel whose health are compromised amid a highly-infectious…
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DENR uncovers biomedical, hazardous waste in Bataan
By Mar T. Supnad THE Environment and Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources uncovered a sizeable amount of biomedical and hazardous wastes in a closed landfill in Hermosa, Bataan. In an interview with Hermosa town’s Municipal Environment National Resources Officer Jake De Luna, the poisonous wastes were discovered by a joint…