Environment
Japan tops OSA with a separate P357-million grant for disaster preparedness
Japan has ramped up relations with Manila with the grant aid of 957 million yen or P357 million in local currency to help the Philippines recover faster from calamities that visit its shores often.
Water franchisees, MWSS partner in watershed management roadmap
The water distribution utilities serving Metro Manila have committed to the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System to help fund and carry out programs to protect and rehabilitate the watershed areas that supply water to Angat, Ipo and La Mesa dams.
LIMA Water eliminates 100 tons of greenhouse gases
LIMA Water, an Aboitiz InfraCapital (AIC) water business unit providing water and wastewater services in Lipa-Malvar, Batangas, successfully implemented a solar panel project at...
SMC, government in collaboration to clean up, rehabilitate Luzon rivers
Three years after it launched its landmark river cleanup and flood mitigation initiative--which has led to the removal of over 3 million metric tons of silt and solid wastes from the Pasig, Tullahan, and San Juan Rivers--San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is setting its sights on a more ambitious goal: cleaning up and rehabilitating three major river systems as well as other tributaries and waterways throughout Metro Manila, Pampanga, Cavite, and Bulacan.
From mangroves to Molave trees: Pueblo de Oro continues its environmental protection advocacy in Cebu
In 2018, Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation (PDO) embarked on a year-long mangrove planting project in the province of Cebu. Together with the Bagasawe Farmers and Fishermen Association (BFFA), a community-based non-government organization, Pueblo de Oro planted some 65,000 mangrove propagules.
