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News Monitoring 12 10 2019 12 -10-le DATE DAY Tuesday ID Nom irsants Strategic Conuriunication and Imitative Service • STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION UPPER PAGE I BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON STORY STORY INITIATIVES be, PAGE tO ER SERVICE BusinessMirror Al ir I •Pm N2- lo -1G TITLE: PAGE I/ DATE Nationwide ban on single-use plastic out soon—DENR exec HE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is finalizing an order that will impose a nationwide ban on single- Tuse plastics to help address the problem brought about by plastic pollution, officials said; DENR Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management Benny D. Anti- porda said the DENR's Executive Committee (Execom) has yet to come up with a final decision. "We will still discuss this at the Execom level: Antiporda, who also headstheNationalSolidWasteManagementCommission (NSWMC), said. The DENRoffidal said the order willbe handed down soonby the DENR chief as part of the agency's ongoing efforts to rehabilitate Manila Bay and some of the country's tourist spots which started last year in the world- renowned Boracay Island in the Municipality of Malay, Aklan province. Ahead of the policy issuance prohibiting the use of single-use plastics, the DENR-Mimaroparegionandthe Municipalityof Puerto Galerain Ori- ental Mindoro have recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) establishing the Municipality as a local chapter of Tayo ang Kalikasan (TAK), the DENR's advocacy that aims to engage communities as part- ners in addressing issues and challenges on environmental protection. The MOA signing held on December 7, 2019, coincided with the cel- ebration of the 92nd Founding Anniversary of Puerto Galera. The MOA was signed and witnessed by national and local officials led by Puerto Galera Mayor Rocky Ilagan, Vice Mayor Marlon Lopez, and Oriental Mindoro Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Mary June Maypa and Provincial Environment Management Officer Ederlita Labre, representingDENR-MimaropaRegionalExecutive Director Henry Adornado and EnvironmentalManagement Bureau-MimaropaRegional Director Atty. Michael Drake Matias. Along with its establishment as a TAK local chapter is the affirma- tion of the ban on single-use plastic. In a news statement, Adornado said under the MOA, Puerto Galera shall strengthen strict enforcement of waste segregation at source and prohibitionontheuseof single-use/disposableplasticssuchasplasticbags, cups, straws, and stirrers which often end up polluting lands and seas. "We are tasked to mainstream the campaign into our activities, hence, we ensure it is implemented not only in our offices but primarily in the region's top tourist destinations, such as Puerto Galera," Adornado said. In December 2018, El Nido, another popular tourist spotin the Mima- ropa region was launched as TAK local chapter to boost local solid waste management amid the ongoing rehabilitation in the island. " This campaign is also in support to Secretary Roy Cimatu'spronounce- ment on a department order that would soon ban the use of single-use plastics nationwide:' Adornado added. To recall, Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu announced that the DENR is in the process of finalizing an order that prohibits the use of single-use plastics as a measure to enhance solidwaste managementpoli- cies and address the alarming plastic pollution in the country. The local government unit of Puerto Galera has already issued an or- dinance regulating the use of single-use plastics. Adornado said. "Now that it is established as a TAK chapter, we look forward to forging a strengthened partnership to substantially reduce the volume of plastic wastes and eventually prevent it from polluting our marine environ- ment: Adornado stressed. Jonathant.Mayuga STRATEGIC UPPER PAGE, BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION en% STORY STORY INITIATIVES PAGE SEE IT o aERVICE PKITANS -12-1O-19 DATE IMF PACEFACE I/ DENR wants public, stakeholders to help solve garbage crisis 'THE Department of Environment and Natural Re- holds andbusinesses in Metro Manila and nearby provinc- sources (DENR) admitted that the government alone cannot solve the garbage problem and called on stake- "We shoulcln'twait for the tithe when there willbe more holders and the public to join hands in addressing the trash than fish in the ocean," said Antiporda, noting the situation will get worse without the efforts of everybody. crisis. Benny Antiporda, Undersecretary for Solid Waste Antiporda added that LGUs also play a crucial role Managennent4ndLocalGovernmentUnitsC0nceins,5aid in solid waste management having been tasked to ensure Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Ci- proper waste segregation and disposal under RA 9003 or naatustrasecithat the country,particularlyMetroManila, the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. "is in the middle of a garbage crisis" and will need a Under this law, LGUs are required to come up with their 1'lan(SWMP) concerted effort among all sectors to solve it. 've10-yearSo1idWasteMan3geme1t "Solid waste management is not the government's and convert open dumpsites into sanitary landfills. responsibility alone, it iseveryone'sbusiness,"Antiporda The NSWMC has already fast-tracked the approval of SWMPs of hundreds of LGUs nationwide, while the said. Cimata's declaration came amid goverrunent efforts to DENR closed down some open dumpsites and filed revive the heavily polluted Manila Bay, which is the crnaland administrative chargesagainstlocaloffidals Joel dela Torre repository Of trash and untreated sewage from house- allowing their operation. STRATEGIC Abourste Li PAGE I BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION STORY STORY ••••mso. INITIATIVES PAST LOWER wm•somme was SERVICE OPIATE -•••C MAIMS S. El/tr.:TA Pm- 12 •• 10-19 PAGE I/ DATE BROADCASTER'S Single-use plastic ban ipatupad sa buong bansa VIEW buong bansa bago product ang isa sa Sa ngayon ay dad na may mag-lob- kumilos ang ating pangunahing may may nakasalang na by sa Kongreso upang gobyerno. kontribusyon sa pro- panulcalang batas sa huwag malcalusot ang Mismong s i blema ng basura sa Kongreso para sa pag- panukalang batas sa Environment Secre- bansa. papatupad ng single- single-use plastic ban tan" Roy Cimatu ang Sa Quezon City ay use plastic ban pero dahil marami sa mga nagbabala sa nalala- nagpahayag na ipa- inaasahan natin na negosyante ay may pit na krisis sa basura tutupad sa pagpasok maaantala ang pug- konelcsiyon sa ilang sa bansa. ng taong 2020 ang aapruba dito. mga politiko. Kaya namanhinihi- pagbabawal sa pag- Hindi naman Kaya mas rnaka- kayat ni Cimatu ang gamit ng single-use lingid sa kaalaman bubuting ang bawat mabilisan at dras- plastic bilangtugonsa ng lahat na tutol lokal na pamahalaan tikong pagbabago ng problema sa basura. ang mga dambuha- sa pamamagitan rig TWITTER @ElySaludar mga mamamayan sa Mas malcabubuting lang korporasyon ordinansa agad ipatu- pagtratongmgaito sa sa buong bansa na sa single-use plastic pad sa buong bansa Hindi na dapat pang basura sa bansa. ipatupad ang single- ban dahil malaki ang single-use plastic hintayin na magka- Pero ayon saspag- use plastic ban upang ang epekto sa kita ban upang mapigilan roon ng malawalcang aaral ay ang mga mapigilan ang napi- ng mga negosyante. ang krisis sa basura krisis sa basura sa single-use plastic pintong !crisis. Malalci ang posibili- sa bansa. STRATEGIC Attante PAGE I BANNER EDITORIAI CARTOON COMMUNICATION MOM STORY INITIATIVES ,imsaloolmee SERVICE _ OMITS MASILIS 5 .4 DALITA PAGE It DATE RAMON NA! Garbage crisis mapaldnabangan ang mga indibidwal na pamahalaan ang mga sa mga estero ay ang barangay official na mga taxpayer na nag- ating mga bukal dahil mahuhuling iligal na malaki ang posibili- nagtatapon ng ba- siyang dapat sumuhe- bibigay rig subsidiya to sa lcanyang nasa- sa kanila. Baka na- dad na kontaminado sura ay umaabot rig na ito rig katas ng hanggang P500,000 sakupan at tiyakin man puwedeng maid- na nakasusunod sa usap sa inyo si Juan mga basurang walang Australian dollars at palcundangan nating lculong na hanggang mga panunturtan ang Pasan Cruz, huwag kanilang komunidad. niyo namang salau- itinatapon. Ang yelo apat na taon. Kapag sa mga malalamig korporasyon ang lu- Ang barangay ang lain ang kapaligiran first line of defense. para patuloy kayong na lugar ay unti-unti mabag, hanggang $2 nang natutunaw. By Joel Reyes- million ang multa. Malaking bulto rig masustentuhan ni Juan. 2025, nasa 25 metro Matindi ang pagpa- basura ay dinidispa- ang tinatayang itataas Zabel pahalaga ng gobyemo tsa ng mga informal Mas mabigat na pa- rusa ang ipataw sa ng tubig sa karagatan. TWITTER: Witty! ng Australia laban sa settler, mga iskuwa- ter. Kapag merong malalaking kompa- Huwag na nating dag- Sa fialim ng Republic pagtatapon ng basura dagan ng basurang dahil nagiging health salaula na nahuli, nya na walang waste Act 9003 o ang Ecolo- papanagutin din si water management babara sa ating mga gical Solid Waste Ma- risk ito at malaki tin kanal ang hindi na ang ginagastos ng kapitan para matiyak facility. Mga importer nagement Act, pinapa- na hindi na ito mang- ng basura ng ibang maiiwasang problema tawan ng mula P300 gobyemo sa paglili- na mabura sa mapa nis ng mga basurang yayaring muli. bansa na inaangkat hanggang P500,000 Malald na ang gi- para lang sila ay ang mga mababang ang sinomang lala- iresponsableng dinis- lugar. patsa. nagastos ng gobyemo kumita ng pera at ang bag sa batas mula sa mga informal set- bansa ay maperwisyo. Merong kasabi- sa pag-ooperate Kung ikukumpara han na nasa hull ang natin sa Australia, tler. Maliban sa con- Sa ngayon, PI.0,000 ng open dumpsite, ditional cash transfer, hanggang P500,000 pagnsisi. Gustuhin pag-manufacture at malamya ang batas sa man natin o hindi, Pilipinas na nagpapa- relocation site para lamang ang multa. pag-import ng mga mabigyan sila ng di- Aug malaldhang pag- ang pagpapahalaga non-environmentally rusa sa mga salaula. sa environmental pro- Baka kailangan mu- senteng pabahay, pad tampon ng basura ay acceptable material at basurang iresponsa- dapat na ituring na tection ay isang ba- ling silipin ang batas gay na hindi na natin toxic waste kaugnay ng solid bleng itinatapon nila heinous crime.
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