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Water Tops Environment Agenda of Davao Bets in First District

DAVAO CITY — The environmental agenda of most of the council candidates from Davao City ?s first district showed their concern for the city?s water quality and supply and the protection of the watersheds, something that brings a spark of hope for environmental groups who have been working intensively for this particular issue.

Of the seven candidates, one of whom is a neophyte, five said they will come up if not strengthen and implement existing laws with legislation that will protect water resources and rehabilitate damaged ones.
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Strengthening Philippines Peso to Attract More Investments: TU

MANILA — Team Unity senatorial bets are bullish that the steady rise of the peso, which has just hit a new six-year high of P47.455 per $1, will spell greater social payback for the masa and enable the government to save more from servicing its debts and thereby have more funds for its infrastructure and socio-economic projects.

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Philippines: TU Wants Strict Penalty for Water Polluters

Team Unity senatorial candidates will support the passage of new legislation imposing stricter penalties on polluters of water sources.

Senatorial candidates Edgardo Angara, Michael Defensor, Cesar Montano, Tessie Aquino-Oreta, Luis “Chavit” Singson, and Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said there is a need to pass laws that would deter the pollution of the diminishing water sources in the Philippines.

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Asia: Groups Alarmed Over Weakened ADB Safeguards, Demand Greater Accountability

The Asian Development Bank will soon release a “consultation draft” on revising its policies that are supposed to protect the environment, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and those who are resettled against their will as a result of Bank Projects. “This Safeguard Policy Update (SPU) could offer the ADB a critical opportunity to enhance its environment, resettlement and Indigenous Peoples policies in accordance with good international standards, to incorporate lessons from past failures and to put in place and fund dramatically improved safeguard systems for protecting the very people the ADB claims to help through its projects,” said Michael Simon Program Manager of Oxfam Australia.

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