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Taytay dump undergoes‘ safe closure procedure’

Tuesday, 07 July 2009 12:29

TAYTAY, Rizal: Municipal Mayor Joric Gacula implemented a “safe closure procedure” on the 13-hectare dump in Barangay Muzon.

Eco-friendly systems required in QC buildings

Monday, 27 April 2009 01:01

In a bid to preserve the environment and protect it from further degradation, the Quezon City government has required all buildings in the city to provide within its premises eco-friendly systems and technologies.

Metro Manila No. 7 among climate change ‘hot spots’

Sunday, 08 March 2009 00:53

Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) ranked seventh among 132 climate change “hot spots” in the Southeast Asian region, with Central Jakarta in Indonesia as the top spot, a study conducted by international research organization Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) showed yesterday.

Rehabilitation of Pasig River intensified

Tuesday, 03 March 2009 03:31

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza said yesterday that the rehabilitation of Pasig River has been intensified with the completion of major activities in the river cleanup.

Defective San Mateo dump begins operation

Thursday, 26 February 2009 22:05

Green and anti-pollution activists in San Mateo, Rizal, are once again up and protesting because a sprawling dump in their town, transformed from an impenetrable forest into one of the country’s most controversial “landfill” project, has begun operation while allegedly violating several environmental regulations and guidelines.

Groups join hands to save Pasig River

Tuesday, 24 February 2009 23:18

The government and private sector have joined hands in realizing a dream of eliminating the "toilet bowl" reputation of the Pasig River in seven years.