A surge in domestic travel and foreign tourist arrivals in 2022 following easing mobility restrictions have bolstered economic activity but the environment took toll for it, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.
Economic Affairs Minister NIHEI Daisuke of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines joined the culmination event of the Healthy Oceans and Clean Cities Initiative (HOCCI) on Friday.
Maynilad Water Services Inc, the country's largest water concessionaire, has budgeted P3 billion for the construction of 18 new sewage treatment plants (STP) and upgrade 17 more existing STPs over the next five years.
Japan on Tuesday started the process of eventually discharging so-called advanced liquid processing system-treated water, or ALPS, into the sea and requested the power firm TEPCO to promptly prepare for the event.