DAVAO CITY — In celebration of Earth Day 2022, Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower) highlighted during a virtual forum the need for collaboration among stakeholders to address the global climate crisis. The activity on Friday, April 22, is part of the company’s #BetterTogether series launched in October last year to improve its team members’ knowledge and […]
Environment
Duterte calls Asia-Pacific partners for bolder response on water issues
KUMAMOTO CITY, Japan: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has called for bolder vision and urgent action to address water-related issues confronting the Asia-Pacific region, saying countries have to decide wisely for the benefit of current and future generations. Water, being a resource so vital for humans and ecosystems for survival and sustenance, access to it and its […]
Students call for toxic-free schools on Earth Day
DAVAO CITY — Students and teaching staff of T’boli National High School called on government to push for a toxics-free and waste free school all over the country. In light of today’s commemoration of Earth Day, environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics calls on the government to advocate for toxics and wastes-free schools across the Philippines […]
Fish Kills damage P6-M in Lake Sebu
DAVAO CITY —- Fifty thousand (50,000) tons of Tilapia estimated to cost six million (P6M) were damaged due to fish kills in the town of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato from April 9 to 15 this year. Lake Sebu is one of the major suppliers of Tilapia for Southern Mindanao, it has two lakes with more […]
DENR monitors zero trash at Mt. Apo during Holy Week
𝐃AVAO CITY — To ensure that policies of zero waste is carried out in Mt. Mt. Apo personnel from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources XI climbed to the country’s highest mountain peak during the Holy Week. In a press statement released on Monday, April 18, the DENR Xi stated that they sent a […]
Restrictions during Holy Week reduce garbage
DAVAO CITY —The cancellation of the penitential walk and the restrictions on camping, overnight stay and picnicking have resulted in decreased incidents of littering in popular pilgrimage sites last Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. The EcoWaste Coalition made this observation after witnessing reduced littering at the National Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and […]
Duterte works on Holy Friday, distributes good to Agaton survivors
DAVAO CITY — Holy Friday but it was just like another ordinary day, as President Rodrigo Duterte visited Leyte province and handed out relief goods to the survivors of Tropical Depression Agaton, promising his government will continue providing food and shelter to all those affected. “So this is what I came here for, to let […]
AboitizPower seals first Green Energy Option Program deal
DAVAO CITY — Vita Tropic Ice Company, Inc., an ice manufacturing company located in Malabon City, has recently switched to Advent Energy Inc., a retail business unit of AboitizPower, upon successful completion of the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) switching process. Vita Tropic is AboitizPower’s first GEOP customer and the partnership commenced on March 26, […]
Residents of Baybay, Leyte cry for help
DAVAO CITY — Almost 2,000 residents affected by landslides due to tropical storm Agaton (Megi) from the ten (10) barangays of Baybay, Southern Leyte now cry for help from food to reconstruction of their wrecked houses/ Charry Ann Natividad who survived the flashfloods with her four-month old baby said they were inside the house when […]
Asian NGOs call on governments to regulate endocrine EDCs in products
DAVAO CITY — A coalition of Non-government organizations (NGOs) from South, Southeast and East Asia, including the Philippines, have called on national governments to adopt and strictly implement regulations to address endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in products. The NGOs are participating organizations of the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), a global civil society network working for […]
DSWD says it billion funds for Taal Volcano response
DAVAO CITY —The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it has more than a billion fund at its disposal and made an assurance that it could respond to the recent eruption of Taal Volcano. “Ang DSWD po ay handang magbigay ng kaukulang tulong sa anumang sakuna. Kaya makikita po natin dito na halos […]
Energy department adopts measures to cushion impact of oil price hike
DAVAO CITY –— The Department of Energy (DOE) has been carrying out measures to mitigate the impact of the current crisis in Europe to ordinary Filipino consumers, Secretary Alfonso Cusi said on Wednesday. In his report to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte during the latter’s Talk to the People, Cusi said among the measures include implementing […]
EcoWaste coalition backs action to eliminate highly toxic PCBs
DAVAO CITY –— An environmental health and justice organization has called for people’s support to the government-led efforts to eliminate a highly toxic class of obsolete industrial chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that were widely used in old electrical equipment such as transformers and capacitors. In a statement issued to mark the 18th year of […]