HAVE you ever wondered how and where to dispose of old or broken mobile phones, mobile phone chargers, power cords, commercial batteries, earphones/earbuds, calculators, printer ink and toner cartridges, small gadgets, and computer wiring? SM Supermalls, through the SM Cares Program on Environment and supported by SM Cyberzone, has recently launched its Electronic Waste Collection… Read More SM Supermalls’ Electronic Waste Collection Program
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — To promote environmental awareness and love for reading to more people, Thrive Publishing launched its first ever book “Si Kiko at Ang Haring Pawikan”. The storybook, which is about a young boy who met a tragedy at sea but was rescued by sea turtles, is written by Jason Dela Cruz Gavina,… Read More ‘Pawikan’ storybook launched
EARTH Hour, the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, took place last March 26 at 8:30 pm, offering a message of solidarity for people and planet. As part of the company’s sustainability efforts, SM Malls in Olongapo, Pampanga, Clark, Tarlac, Cabanatuan and the rest of SM malls nationwide took part in the symbolic “SWITCH… Read More SM malls join Earth Hour 2022
MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed its December 2020 ruling against a nickel mining firm in Central Luzon, turning down its plea for a court order to press its rights over a contested area covered by its agreement with the government. In a February 22 resolution released on Thursday, the CA’s Sixth Division… Read More Acoje residents win; CA junks ZMDC plea on rights to Zambales land
MANILA | January 30, 2022 – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit Zambales on Sunday (Jan. 30) morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The tectonic quake struck 74 kilometers northeast of Bajo De Masinloc at 8:17 a.m. It was earlier measured at magnitude 5. It had a depth of 21 kilometers while Intensity… Read More Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Zambales
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will encourage the youth in the Subic Bay community to turn waste products into junk art, a contemporary art subgenre that uses found objects as art materials, in the upcoming 10th Recyclables Collection Event (RCE). SBMA Ecology Center manager Amethya dela Llana said the upcycling… Read More ‘Junk art’ tilt to highlight Subic Freeport recyclables event
BOTOLAN, Zambales — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Zambales conducted a tree-planting activity at Sitio Panayunan in Barangay Danacbunga here on October 28, planting mangrove saplings along the shoreline to help care for the environment. DILG Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad said the project was part of their human resource… Read More DILG-Zambales plants mangrove saplings in Botolan
By HENRY EMPEÑO | September 19, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Aside from health problems among people and adverse effects on livelihood and business activities, the Covid-19 pandemic is also taking a heavy toll on the environment here, particularly the waters of Subic Bay which is important to both maritime trade and tourism. In last… Read More Covid-19 pandemic also exacts toll on Subic Bay
By NING DIMAANO | September 18, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — More than 200 volunteers from locator companies, community groups and departments of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) fanned out to eight points along the shoreline here on Friday to collect mostly plastic wastes and other debris that were washed ashore after the recent… Read More Volunteers clear Subic beaches of plastic wastes, storm debris
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A week-long program comprising of onshore, offshore and underwater cleanup, as well as a lecture series on waste management, has been set by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) for next week to drum up support for coastal environment protection in these times of the Covid-19 pandemic. SBMA Chairman and Administrator… Read More SBMA sets coastal cleanup program Sept. 13-17
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