Off the Route: Von Hernandez on 'turning the tide' of plastic pollution

Hernandez spoke to Waste Dive about his career as a waste and toxics campaigner, waste dumping in Southeast Asia and the path toward creating mass systemic change around plastics.

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Congress to prioritize passage of bill creating new water department - BusinessMirror

THE 18th Congress will prioritize the passage of the proposed Department of Water to address the country’s problem on water shortage, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez said the creation of a new department will include the construction of mini dams. He said the passage of the...

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Party-list bloc waiting for Duterte to name pick for House leader | Journal Online

“The endorsement of the President will play a very big factor in electing the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. Anybody that gets the endorsement of the President, I think 80 to 85 percent will gravitate towards him. ‘Yun naman ang reyalidad sa House,” Garbin said in a television i...

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Tolentino urges POC execs to vacate posts | Philstar.com

Philippine Olympic Committee chairman Bambol Tolentino yesterday welcomed the International Olympic Committee’s order for an orderly resolution to the POC’s raging leadership crisis and reiterated his call for his fellow executives to vacate the board seats and clear the way for special election...

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Gomez couple lays out plan for Ormoc development

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Romualdez bloc confident in Leyte rep's House Speaker run

ALLIES of Leyte Representative-elect Martin Romualdez expressed Wednesday, June 26, their full support to his House speakership bid.“We are 100...

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Richard Gomez to focus on infrastructure dev't, disaster management during 2nd term

Among the Ormoc City mayor's priorities are solving traffic congestion, increasing the city's resiliency to calamities, and banning single use plastics by 2021

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NDRRMC warns public to monitor possible flooding, landslides due to TD Egay

QUEZON CITY, June 30 — The NDRRMC conducted a Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment (PDRA) on June 30 to discuss the possible effects and preparations for Tropical Depression Egay (TD Egay).Based on the PDRA, as of 1 pm today, TD Egay is located at 705 km East of Casiguran, Aurora (15.9’N,...

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Tacloban lass earns 4 medals in Miss PH Earth pre-pageant events

Miss Tacloban Chelsea Fernandez gathered steam in the ongoing Miss Philippines Earth pageant, earning her second gold medal in the Beach Wear Competition organized by pageant sponsor Connext Holdin…

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5.0 quake jolts parts of S. Leyte, Cebu, Bohol

TACLOBAN CITY - A 5.0 magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Southern Leyte early Sunday morning.

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