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News Monitoring 08 25 2019 25 MO 2019 DATE ; kitPict 1 DAY '14.• tiNT mos iNI -NATs Strategic Communication and Initiative Service „ V: EEC STRATEGIC UPPER PAG I BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION Oa- ty I VI 5TOR STORY 1111•••••01111.1 INITIATIVES PAGE LOWER IM•110.1". Trolinine SERVICE ,mmitelle WV',- On *I 1r-frit:eta rac.co FYI 25 AUG ni19 DATE TITLE: PAGE 1/ DENR chief bats for4 a mercury-free Phi Mercury exposure can pose serious harm to person's nervous, immune and digestive system Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu has made an appeal to both the government and the general public to manage mercury wastes and "an environmentally sound manner." At the launch of the country's National Action Plan (NAP), the DENR chief for the phase-out of mercury-containing products and wastes, Cimatu stressed that making the country a mercury-free country should be a "shared responsibility." "(We need to) successfully c rry out the elimination of mercury from consimer products and other materials utilized in the industry o reduce the risk of human exposure and contamination of the environment," he said in his speech. "Of) the cleanup of Bor cay and the rehabilitation of Manila Bay vas possible, managing our mere waste (would CIMATU also be) certa nly possible with every onej of us working together." Crafted nder a project jointly i plemented by the DENR and the United Nations Industria Development Organization (UNIDO), NAP provides a detailed five-year full implementation document of the activities and actions that the government needs to undertake. The projects financed by the Swiss government is supported the Philippine government in managing and controlling mercury-containing I I lucts with a life cycle approach in accordance with the Mmamata and Basel C ntions. NAP is also a product of collaboration among 10 governtnent agencies. "The completion of the NAP likewise increases confidence in the country's readiness for the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury," Cimatu noted. A copy of the NAP was already turned over to the DENR and it was received by the agency's Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Service Director Lourdes Wagan on behalf of Cimatu 1 t 30 July 2019 in Mandaluyong City. Earlier in March, DENR identified five bodies of wat in Luzon and Mindanao that have high levels of mercury, among which re Manila Bay in Metro Manila and Meycauyan River in Bulacan. The Minimata Convention is the world's rust legally binding treaty to phase out mercury. It was in 2013 when the Philippines alo with 127 other countries signed the convention regulating the use and trade of mercury. The Philippine Senate has yet to ratify the convention, which entered into force in August 2017, but Cimatu said the DENR has already "spearheaded the ratification process in consultation with the relevant government agencies and stakeholders." Further, the DENR chief revealed that the ratification document has already been endorsed by the Department of Foreign Affairs to the Office of the President. Marla Romero .::: STRATEGIC El 6A ii BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON PAGE I COMMUNICATION STO Y STORY ,.........r 'NI I 1411VPS JO'tJRNAL 25All32es ,..-..•...--- SERVICE Everybody's Newspaper PAGE I/ DATE C . National action plan against mercury launched ACHIEVING a mercury- wastes. and human health. NAI? is a product of reduce the risk to human free Philippines is not a "Eachof us hasarole to NAP was crafted un- collaboration among 10 exposure and contamina- job fora single person or play, and with the Philip- der a projectjointly imple- governmentagencies,ancl tion of the environment. official but a shared re- pines' upcoming ratifica- mentedby theDepartment providetsa detailed 5-yeat "Thecompletionof the sponsibility of the gov- tionof theMinamataCon- of Environment and Nat- full implementation doct NAP likewise increases ernment, private sector vention, it is incumbent ural Resources (DENR) umentc f theactivihes and confidence in the country's and civil society to in- upon us to properly man- and the United Nations actions that the governi- readiness for the imple- clude the general pub- age mercury and its wastes Industrial Development ment w II undertake. mentation of the Minama- lic. in an environmentally Organization (UNIDO). According to Cimatu ta Convention on Mercu- This was what Envi- sound manner," Cimatu The project also assist- NAP is a crucial and tin- ry," Cimatu pointed out. ronment Secretary Roy said. ed the Philippine govern- portan document that In2013,thePhilippines Cimatu emphasized dur- The Minamata Convention ment in the management will enable Philippines to was one of the 128 coun- ing the launching of the is the world's first legally of mercury-containing successfully carry out the tries that signed the Mi- country's NationalAction binding treaty tophaseout products with a life cycle elimination of mercury namataconvention,which Plan (NAP) for the total mercury, a highly toxic approach in accordance from cOtstuner.Oroducts legulales the useandtrade phase:At of rhercurg- ilubstance that pr.ies with the Minthmatd and and other 'Materials used of mercury. • containing products and . threats to the environment BaselConventions. in industries that greatly Joel dela Torre STRATEGIC' Abortte UPPER PAGE I BANNER EDITORIAL DAMON COMMUNICATION STORY STORY INITIATIVES L WEE SERVICE OPIATE -.Et M 1 00,1/5 SA CI 41 TA )Im- 25 AUG 7niq PAGE I/ I DATE Solid waste management ng Antipolo smaluduhan ng DENR l'umanggap ng dalawang nating panatilihing malinis, queuing machine at composting Plaque of Recognition ang maayos, at maganda. Mahigpit bin sa pagreresildo ng mga ba- Antipolo City Government pan po nating ipinapatupad ang sura. Best practice din ng lung- sa Best Available Practices at mga ordinansa at programa sa sod ang paggamit ng Material Best Environmental Technology. wastong pamamahala ng basura Recovery Facilities (MRFs) sa Sa ginanap na 4th Annual En- par tugunan ang kalinisan ng pamamahala ng mga basura at vironmental Summit kamalcailan ating siyudad. Nakakataba po ang walang tigil na information sa Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay ng puso ang pagkilala ng pama- campaign sa 16 na barangay. City ay pinaboran at kinilala ng halaang nasytmal dahil patunay Pinarangalan at kinilala ng Department of Environment and ito na epektibo at tama ang Department of the Interior and Natural Resources (DENR) IVA ating ipinaglalabang pangarap Local Government (DILG) nopng ang solid waste management ng para sa Antipolo," pahayag ni 2018 ang lungsod bilang Hall of pamahalaang local kung saan Mayor Andeng Ynares. Fame Awardee sa Environmental kabilang ang Antipolo sa mga Sa pangunguna ng City Envi- Compliance Audit (EGA). !Casa- piling-piling LGUs na kinilala ng ronment and Waste Management ma tin sa mga prestihiyosong DENR ngayong taon. Office (CEVVMO), kabilang sa parangal na nakamit ng pama- "Ang lungsod ng Antipolo award winning practices ng An- halaang laical ang Manila Bayani ay ang_ sting tahanan na dapat tipolo City ang paggamit ng bri- Award at Top Performer Award. _ - • - &Ss 111'III( \ II I.1( 2 5 Lh'• " liPs I 1 CONINII •NI( \ I FE EN WES PAGE 1 TANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON Ac STORY STORY 1%1 1111 I \ I S IA ..r.••1 PAGE LOWER .,....r, Si FE' FE I 5 AUG 2019 TITLE PAGE I/ DATE Gina Lopez: Breaking the norm, she made friends and foes By Mariejo S. Ramos, Jhesset 0. Enano She earned admiration not for the Lopez name but for the way mental activists to work with and Maricar Cinco the so-called elite, but she [was] @Team_Inquirer she had refused to rely on that early on as a teen to seek her pur- different," said Rodne Galicha, pose and meaning in this world. who leads the Climate Action Close to her last day on earth, Gi- for Sustainability Initiative. na Lopez was still giving encour- At 18, she turned away from aging words to friends and the comfort and privilege of her wealthy family to become a yo- Climbing mountains coworkers to push on with their "At first her presence [was] projects to protect the environ- ga missionary with Ananda Marga, a global spiritual and so- intimidating, but she [believed] ment and help impoverished in the capabilities of the people communities even as she was los- cial service movement. She served in Europe, India and she [worked] with," he said. "She ing her own battle with cancer. climbed mountains, ate with Jen Santos, director of Bantay Africa over two decades. Writing for Rogue magazine the grassroots [community]." Kalikasan, ABS-CBN Foundation's Galicha said he introduced in 2016, Lopez said she learned environmental arm, had gotten in Sibuyan Island, tagged as the touch with Lopez at the hospital hoW to treasure the little things the poor have when she lived in "Galapagos of Asia," to Lopez in more than a week before she died 2011. At the time, a mining com- to give her some good news—the • the slums in Kenya for six years. "I lived as the poor lived, so I pany was threatening to extract establishment of two new project nickel at the foot of the island's sites for poor and indigenous learned how not to be waste- communities in Samar province. ful—a trait I carry to this day famous Mt. Guiting-Guiting. "She replied that she was where I use every bit of every- "[Lopez] encouraged us to proud of what the organization thing," she wrote. see and act on opportunities to has achieved," Santos said. Returning home in the early benefit from and coexist with "She really believed in area de- 1991Th, Lopez was appointed nature [and] its beauty, within its velopment, 'completos reca- head of ABS-CBN Foundation, carrying capacity," Galicha said. dos,' with projects for the up- her family corporation's chari- Lopez also helped establish liftment of the child, the family table arm, and then she plunged and promote ecotourism sites and the environment." into her lifelong advocacies.
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