The Philippines has lifted a seven-year-old ban on the importation of several fish species from the Fukushima Prefecture as a gesture of goodwill during the recent visit of President Rodrigo Duterte and members of his Cabinet to Japan. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the order lifting the import ban, which he signed on May 27, […]
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Senator Koko Pimentel III has supported the call of President Rodrigo Duterte for Canada to take back the garbage it had shipped to the Philippines years back. “No country (no matter how poor) should be treated as a dumping ground of the waste of rich countries. Bawal yan even under international law (That is forbidden […]
BAN IMPORTED SOLID WASTES – PIMENTEL
Senator Koko Pimentel III has filed a bill seeking to ban the importation of solid waste in the country. According to Pimentel, the Philippines is “well in the path” of being known as a country in the “global waste trade” as evidenced by two incidents of trash dumping in 2017 and 2018. “The Philippines is […]
In a bid to reduce the amount of trash that goes into landfills and to address marine plastic pollution, Senator Risa Hontiveros is pushing for a measure that seeks to ban single-use plastic straws and drink stirrers in the food service business. Senate Bill No. 1866 otherwise known as “The Plastic Straw and Stirrer Ban […]