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Read more about the article DENR exec welcomes CDO’s plan to open landfill to neighboring towns
A worker sprays disinfectant on the pile of garbage to eliminate odor and repel flies at the sanitary landfill in Barangay Pagalungan, Cagayan de Oro Thursday (Jan. 30). The city government plans to allow nearby municipalities to dump their trash here for a fee. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

DENR exec welcomes CDO’s plan to open landfill to neighboring towns

Environment Sec. Roy Cimatu has welcomed the plan of this city’s local government to allow neighboring towns to use its sanitary landfill for a fee.

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Read more about the article ‘Silent’ volcanoes can still erupt, Phivolcs says
Mt. Hibok-Hibok in Camiguin island (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)

‘Silent’ volcanoes can still erupt, Phivolcs says

Volcanoes that have not shown any signs of activity for years could still erupt at any given time, an official of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in the region (Phivolcs-X) said Tuesday (Jan. 28).

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Read more about the article Last batch of Korean trash reshipped to country of origin
Environmental activists from the EcoWaste Coalition, Sustainable Davao Movement, and Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability hold a protest action during the reshipment of the 5,177 metric tons of waste to South Korea at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, Sunday (Jan. 19). The groups have also called on the government to ratify Basel Ban Amendment to prevent the entry of any imported trash into the country. (Photo by EcoWaste Coalition)

Last batch of Korean trash reshipped to country of origin

With the reshipment of the remaining 5,177 metric tons of mostly plastic trash to South Korea on Sunday (Jan. 19), pro-environment groups have reiterated their call to foreign countries to recycle their own wastes and not dump these to the Philippines.

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Read more about the article Jasaan folks alarmed at substance spill off the village coast
The base of mangrove trees in Barangan Lower Jasaan, Jasaan town, Misamis Oriental, have whitened due to the spill of white substance from a sea vessel. Local officials have expressed fear the area’s milkfish farm and other marine resources will be affected by the spill of white substance that was discharged by a foreign vessel docked nearby on Friday (Jan. 10). (Photo credit: Kreig Macasero, SK chairman of Barangay Lower Jasaan, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental)

Jasaan folks alarmed at substance spill off the village coast

Residents off the coast of Barangay Lower Jasaan in Jasaan town, Misamis Oriental fear the white liquid substance recently discharged by a foreign vessel would affect the marine life and their livelihood.

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