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By Dona Z. Pazzibugan ship back the 69 containers of numb" Antiporda said. and Jhesset 0. Enano garbage," Locsin said. @Team_Inquirer MV Bavaria arrived at Subic Basel Ban Amendment at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday and Groups like the EcoWaste Tons of garbage illegallyex- lifted anchor at 7:22 a.m. on Fri- Coalition and Greenpeace ported to the country 'years day, taking more than to hours have called on the ago were finally shipped back to load the containers. government to ratify the Basel to Canada on Friday, prompt- Ottawa took back the gar- Ban Amendment, which pro- ing Foreign Secretary Teo- bage more than two weeks af- hibits the export of hazardous doro Locsin Jr. to order the re- ter the President threatened to wastes, including those intend- turn of Filipino diplomats to declare war on Canada and ed for recycling, from rich na- their posts in the North Amer- dump the trash in front of its tions to poor countries. ican country. embassy in Manila. The call to ban the impor- The 69 containers of gar- After Canada missed his tation of all waste came as the bage were loaded overnight deadline, Mr. Duterte lashed government faced new criti- ontd the MV Bavaria, a Libefa- out at Ottawa and directed of- cism over the entry of contain- flagged container shiP, at ficials to hire a company that ers of trash from Atistralia and Subic Bay Freeport and began would ship the trash and leave Hong Kong at the Mindanao the 23-day voyage to the Cana- it in Canadian waters. International Container Ter- dian city of Vancouver at Ot- minal in tawa's expense. DENR mulls moratorium province. Presidential spokesperson On Friday, the Department Antiporda said stricter secu- Salvador Panelo on Friday sa d of Environment and Natural rity measures should be put in he hoped ties with Canada Resources (DENR) said it was place so that recyclable wastes would now return to normal. planning to impose a moratori- could not enter the country and Locsin said the diplothatic um on the entry of all recy- languish in the ports. row over the trash had ended clable scrap materials into the "This ordeal has taught us and urged both countries to country. of the urgency of correcting "move on" since "there's more A DENR administration or- outmoded regulations allow- than garbage between us." der issued in 2013 allows the ing waste imports into the "The garbage is gone, good importation of recyclable ma- country under the guise of re- riddance," Locsin posted on terials, including scrap metals, cycling," said Aileen Luceto, Twitter with images of MV plastics and electronics. national coordinator of EcoW- Bavaria leaving the port at Environmental activists aste Coalition. Subic. "Baaaaaaaaa bye, as we gathered in Subic as the con- With the -return of the 69 say it." tainers were being prepared on containers to Canada, Dicer° To the diplomats he had re- Thursday, holding banners also urged the Bureau of Cus- called after Canada missed that said "never again" and "we toms to disclose information President Duterte's Ma' are not the world's dump." on how the wastes from eight deadline to take back the trash, A local •court in 2016 de- other containers were dis- Locsin said: "To our recalled clared the importation of 2,400 posed of. posts, get your flights hack. tons of Canadian trash illegal. Customs officials said the Thanks and sorry for the t irou- Environment Undersecre- contents of 34 of the original ble you went through to drive tary Benny Antiporda told the 103 containers had been emp- home a point." Inquirer the proposed morato- tied in a landfill of the Metro rium on all waste imports Clark Waste Management No media coverage would be discussed by Envi- Corp. at Barangay Kalangitan The Department of Foreign ronment Secretary Roy Cimatu in Capas town, , in July Affairs (DFA) barred media with other agencies. 2015. coverage of the loading of the "We will first come up But the company said it on- trash onto the container slip. with numbers and check who ly accounted tor 26 containers. "Canada pulled all the stops benefits from these imports, —WITH REPORTS FROM JOANNA on this: seamless cooperation so we can analyze the eco- ROSE AGLIBOT, AFP AND by shouldering the expense to nomic impact of the [morato- REUTERS INQ STRATEGIC Li UPPER PAGE I EARNER EDITORIAL CARTOON °MIDION It ATMS STORY STORY IN elk MANILAVIULLETIN PAGE LovirR SERVICE THE NATION'S LEADING NEWSPAPER 0 NUN 2019

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RETURN TO SENDER - Cargo ship MV Bavaria sails out to sea after it was loaded with 69 containers filled with Canadian wastes at the Subic Bay Freeport in Oiongapo City, Friday, May 31. The Canadian government agreed to take back the more than 2,450 tons of garbage after Ptesident Rodrigo Rea Duterte expressed outrage that the Philippines has become a dumping ground for the trash. (EPA) Recalled Filipino diplomats in Canada told to return to posts

By ROY C. MABASA apologized to the recalled diplomats, trash shipped to the Philippines from led by Ambassador to Ottawa Petronila 2013 to 2014, left Subic port on Friday Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Garcia, and thanked the Canadian Em- morning onboard cargo vessel MV Locsin Jr. on Friday ordered Filipino bassy in Manila for their cooperation. Bavarian. diplomats recalled from their diplomatic "To our recalled posts, get your Last April, President Duterte posts in Canada to go back shortly after flights back. Thanks and sorry for the stepped up the pressure on Ottawa by the tons of Canadian wastes were finally trouble you went through to drive home issuing a May 15 deadline for the ship- loaded onto a ship, and left the Subic a point. Arrivederci! And thank you ment of the waste back to Canada. yesterday en route to Vancouver. Canada CDA Mucci," he said. Duterte even threatened to go to In a social media post, Locsin also The over 1,000 tons of Canadian "war" with Canada if the latter fails 0.9

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Recalled Filipino diplomats....i to retrieve the garbnge left languishing in reeking garbage from the Port of Subic Philippine ports for almost six years. north of Manila as a "victory for the rule Canada, however, missed the dead- of law, morality and the environment." line, citing government red tape in the "We feel jubilant that 69 containers processing of documents. of Canadian rubbish are now homeward In protest, the Du erte administra- bound after being stranded here for so tion upped the ante by recalling the Phil- long," said Aileen Lucero, National Coor- ippine envoy and several other consular dinator, EcoWaste Coalition. officials in Canada. "The Philippines is not the world's dumpsite. Never again shall we allow other Lauded countries to trash our dignity, our people's Meanwhile, environmental and health and the environment," she added. cause-oriented gtoups all over the In 2013 and 2014, 103 containers world have expressed relief after the 69 of more than 2,400 tons of trash from containers of trash were reshipped back Canada arrived in the Philippines which yesterday to Canada after languishing were declared as scrap plastics for re- in the Philippines, for six years. cycling but actually contained plastics, In a joint statemeffi, the EcoWaste household garbage, used adult diapers Coalition, RightOnCalliada and IPEN and electronic waste. . (With a report described the historic departure of the from Chito Chavez) 1 _ _ s I RA EGIT I 1 I I I I COMAIIINICA ION UPPER PAGE 1 BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON STORY INI FIATIVES STORY WilliWWw._'__ SERVICE PAGE LOWER NnEWOL~F 0 i JUN ZUib

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; MALACANA NG sees a possible rec- onciliation with Canada as Canada's trash shipment begins its journey back to the North American coma ry. Tons of garbage sent to the Philip- pines years ago was shipped back 10 Canada on Friday after a festering I diplomatic row, as Asian nations i n- creashigly reject serving as dumping grounds for international trash. After a long campaign to. urge Can- ada to take back the rotting waste, President lashed out at Ottawa -last week and ordered . the • Next page

refuse returned immediately. The 69 shipping containers of garbage were loaded onto a cargo vessel at Subic ' Bay, a former US naval base and shipping port northwest of Manila, and began the lengthy trip to Canada. "We feel jubilant that 69 containers of I Canadian rubbish are now homeward- bound after being stranded here for so long," said Aileen Lucero, National Coor- dinator of the EcoWaste Coalition. "The Philippines is not the world's dump site. Never again shall we allow other countries to trash our dignity, our, people's health and the environment." On Friday, Foreign Affairs Secre- tary Teodoro Locsin Jr. tweeted im- ages of the m/v Bavaria departing from the Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. He again posted a message on TWitter advising the Philippine representatives to Canada to get ready for their flights back. "To our recalled postS, get your flights - back. Thanks and sorry for the trouble you went through to drive home a point," he said in a separate tweet. Earlier in Tokyo, Presidential Spokes- man Salvador Panelo said Malacailang was hoping the diplomatic relations be- tween the Philippines and Canada would go back to normal.

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KUNG hindi pa nagbanta si Boss Digong sa gobierno ng Canada malamang namaho 41ang todo an Philippines my Philippines dahil sa 69 pirasong 40- looter container na basurang itinambak nun sa vicinity ng Bureau.of Customs. The other day, naibiahe na pabalik sa Canada ang basumng kanilang ninambak sa Philippines my Philippines knya na- man naghihiyawan, nagtatalunan sa tuwa ang madlang Pinoy dahil wala ng baho at panganib sa kalusugan dulot ng mabahong NibUTCHKOODADA basura sa thing place. Sabi nga. lia-bye! Ang Philipp nes my Philippines ay isa.sa dalawang bansa sa tiniog-silangan Asya na nag-protesta nang tratuhin tayo bilang dumpsites ng Hang mayayamang countries. Napag-alaman, na ang tone-toneladang ',Mora ny isinakay overnight sa MA/ Bavaria na maglalakbay ng halos 20 araw para marating ang Canada at doon ibagsak pant 'batik ang mgd mabantot nilang inn basura. Ang barkobg may lamang basura ay titigil muna sa isang Tai- wanese port bago pumunta sa Canada. lkinatuwa pala ng inga environmental activists ang pagdating ng MN Bavana sa Subic Bay noong Hitches. Sigaw ng nakararami,ang Philippines my Philippines ay hindi 'garbage dumping ground' ng ibang countnes kaya mag-ingat sa mga gustong magbalak ng kababuyan at kasalaulaan. Atio sa palagay ninyo? Papayag pa bp kayong madlang Pinoy? Abangan. . _ .

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Environment groups hail •'victory' By Cory • pie's health and the envi-' trabh constituted illegal ment which prohibits the Martinez ronment," Lucero added. . traffic, among other Basel export of hazardous From 2013 to 2014,103 Convention violation. wastes and other wastes "IT is a victory for the containersarntainingthord 'last Apri123 President from developed to devel- environment, morality than 2,400 tons of trash -Rodrigo Thaerte,demand- oping countries for any and a victory for therule., from Canada arrived in, ed that Canada take back , reasonincludingrecycling. of lawl" the Phi ippines, wrongly itsillegally dumped trash. They added that' new Thusdeclarecienviron: declared as scrap plastics ThePhilippinesrecalled its global rules enacted at a ment-advocategroupsled for recycling but actually - Ambassador and consuls recent -Basel Convention by RightOnCanada, Eco- found tocontain unsorted after Canada missed the , meeting will stop, unre- WasteCoalitionandIPEN plastics household May 15th deadline. stricted plastic waste ex- after 69 shipping contain- 'bage, used adult chapett Joe DiGangi of IPEN, ports. However, strength- ers of illegally dumped and electronic waste. meanwhile/said thatCan- -eningPhilippinelawisalso Canadian trash arefinally, Under Basel Conven- adashould havecomplied an important step to pre- now homeward bound. tarn rules, Canada should -.withtheEaselConvention vent future dumping say Kathleen Ruff Of Righ- • thava rePa triad its waste and repatriated its illegal the groups. ' • tOnCanada said that the Within 30days,butinstead garbageexportsyearsago. "Thisordeal has taught Canadian governMent is pressured the Philippine "It. should not take a us of the urgency of cor- now finally going to com- .governmenttoprocess the . presidential threat to get recting outmoded regula- ply with the BaselConven- illegal shipment locally. Canada or any other coun- tions allowing waste im- tion and tak-eregponsibil- • ' a Prime -Minister Pierre: trytocomplywiththeBasel ports into the country un- ity for its own wastes. Trudean noted thedump- Convention. Going fotward, der the guise of recycling. "This is what environ- ing issue in two subse- both Canada mid the Phil- Weneed toclosethisghast- mental responsibility quent trips to the Philip- ippines need to learn from lyloophole ihat is facilitat-I means," Ruff stressed. pines in 2015 and 2017 but this frustratingexperience, ingillegal Wasktrafficand EcoWaste Coalition refused to commit to tak- 1 sothatitisneverre ted," turning our country into a National Coordinator Ai- ing back the trash. ,DiGangi explain dumping ground for plas- ken Lucero stressed that A 2019 legal opinicki ' To prevent the recur- tic, electronic and hazard- the PhilippineS is not the froni Canadathased Pa- rence of garbage dump- ous wastes, which•should world's dumpsite.1. cific Centre for Environ- ing, thegroupsagreed.that . be recycled, treated or dis- "Never again shall we mental . Law. and ,Litiga- Canada. and the Philip- posed of in the country allow other countries. to nein found that Canada's pines shohld rapidly rati- Where such wastes were trash ourdignity, durpeo- refusal to repatriate its fy the Basel Ban Amend- generated," said Lucero.

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After much grinding of teeth and some Actions were needed to make an impact. level — however minute — of war threats, the Mr. Duterte needed to send the strongeSt Philippines is sending back its diplomats to of his messages to Mr. Trudeau, who in the Canada with the easing of relations with the past had criticized his war against drugs and North American country. the number of deaths recorded in the Country Mending the strain caused in relation to it. by the smuggling of Canadian It would not have been without Mr._ But the garbage with intent to dump Philippines Duterte's imprimatur that Foreign'Affairs Sec. harmful wastes into our had proved it Teddy Locsin ordered the recall of Filipino is no pushover. shores was long awaited by diplomats from Canada. It would no both countries. The order came as a shock to the Canadian longer be There was no denial both government, which until that point was dilly- tough for the sides had wanted a friendly dallying on taking back the garbage. It knew other countries end to the dispute started then the Philippine gov,ernment was serious. to prove they by an unscrupulous business Ever playful, Mr. Duterte upped the ante by arent}either. deal between tWo; shady, again threatening to send back the .Canadian endsp which „vertiginously garbage at the Philippines' expense. ... eXploited the weaknesses ot the laws' and But Mr. Trudeau had already removed the systems of the smaller country — the _ Philippines. Had the Canadian waste legal obstacles. that took his Country long to not been noticed, they respond. Canada is taking back its garbage. would have ended up It was all's well that ends well between the in Philippine landfills two countries. The M/V Bavaria sailed back where the imorest of to Canada via Taiwan with 69 containers of its people scavenge the Canadian trash. for any signs of money, The day before that, a however dirty and small outrigger sailed near 66 Had the potentially dangerous, the ship with a statement Canadian waste and the scraps may that read: '''Philippines: not a garbage dumping ground! ,, not been noticed, have ended up in our they would That was a clear meSsage homes, or in pans and have ended up heard not just by Canada utensils we use to prepare In Philippine but the whole world. food, or even worse, in toys landfills where The Philippine. action the poorest also inspired other small of its people nations to follow the scavenge for any and baby feeding bottles. example to reject other signs of money, But President Rodrigo Duterte was firm countries' refuse. however dirty against accepting the trash. And in using Speaking in Tokyo on and potentially some foul words and issuing big threats of War Thursday, Malaysia's dangerous. against a mighty and rich nation, he had sent Prime Minister his message across the Pacific. Tun,Mahathir bin Mohamad called No, it would be wrong to say that Canadian the, bigger , Western countries' Prime Minister Justin Pierre James Trudeau practice of dumping their was rattled by the threat. It would not be right wastes on the hapless third to say that he was rankled by Mr. Duterte's orld nations as "grossly cussing. But Trudeau did what any thinking, unfair." He said it should respecting leader should in finding ways to stop. reclaim his country's trash back. But the Philippines had Mr. Duterte had elided the nice, proved it is no pushover. It diplomatically tamed words used by his would no longer be tough for predecessor. Arid.to a big effect. - _ the other countries to prove ,-"Trudeau listened rand, he listened well.. they aren't either. But words, even a:threat of War, a're notnihg. STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION cf UPPER PAGET BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON STORY STORY ea,ma,„,01111M111 INITIATIVES PAGE LOWER Nom/low SERVICE' ' .0 1 06.4

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Presidente para ipilit ang- pagpapabalik sa• Canada ng mga basuranaito. Nang walang positibpng tugon any Canada, any Pili- pinas na any gumawa ng inisyatibo para maibiyahe any kargamentong basura pabalik sa Canada. Hindi nangimi Si Duterte na magbitiw ng mararahas •• na•salita laban sa Canada na maaaring magbingit sa ating Bal-iiitwatch diplomatikong relasyon sa:naturang bansa sa pagka- _ • ;wasak. DAPAT maging mapagniatyag any Blieau of titatoms .sa mga pumapasok na karganiento mula sa ibang bansa 7. Pero may mga nagtatanong, bakitCanada lang? Di ba para maiwasan any pagpiipUslitMg mga i egal na epek- may iniluWas din any mga bansang:Hong Kohg at Aus- tos,.hindi lamang droga kundi basUra.•Ngayong lumarga na tralia na kargamentong bagamal legal .sa unang tingin any barkong magbabalik.sa ay hinaluan din ng basura? •Canada ea tone-toneladang ! basurahg inilUwas sa Pilipinasikailangahg maging istrikto Wikanga, something fishyis going on? May mgabansang wala na sigurong Idgar na mapagtatapunan ng kanilang any adminietrasyon labaa sa alga nakikipagsabwatang! tauhan at opisyal ng pamahalaan para mai usot any mga dumi any naghahanap ng mga mauutong bansa para yawing tambakan. At sino namang matinong gobyerno ganyartauri ng smuggled stuff. .;•,,— Mantakin n'yong ang papayag maliban na lang kung may mga bantay-sa- canim na taonOatengga any mga lak! basurang ito nanaiptislit sa tulong,nam•ga impluwen-• ay na puwedeng painan fly pera para palusutin any anitmana epekteena illegal. syal na persenalidad flung panahonfia nil Presidente Noynoy. Kinailangan pa any tnaligas na political Will hi Ray sagwari sista! Sana by maaugpo ng adminis- traayon any ganyang klase ng kafiwalian.

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Viral na dumpsite se, 1 • q Margo° target ng DENR Nagkakasa na ng susunod na maw. operasyon ang Depart- .4 Nag-ugat Ito sa isang ment of Environment lnstagram post Ili Siar- and Natural Resources. ' gao local at surfer Rafael (DENR) upang tugunan Nogalo na ipinakita ang ang sitwasyon ng basura problema sa basura sa sa Siargao, matapos mag- isla na isinisisi sa pag- viral ang isang larawan lobo ng turismo at ne- sa social media. a gosyo. Ayon kay DENR Un-, "While tourists sip dersecretary Benny Anti- Cocktails on Siargao's porda, gumagawa sin sila picture perfect beach- ng mga piano athakbang es, mountains of rub- upang rnatugunan ang bish are piled in our isyu ng basura sa isla. • back roads - poisoning Gayunpaman the ground water and tumanggi munang ide- creating irreversible talye ang piano ng kaga- ,damage to our beloved waran ngunit malala- island home". ani No- man UM3I10 ito sa mga lago. (Mina Aquino)

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1MMINENTDANGERcJ MOB: LOOSENED ARAYAT ROCKS THREATEN 2 TOWNS 1 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO —1Close to 5o,000 truckloads of rocks are strewn along creeks draining from Mt. Arayat and 22,000 of these might be loos- en'ed by intense rains, a Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) f official warned. I Noel Lacadin, MGB chief ge- ologist in gave the projection to reiterate an advisory on rockslides hitting coimmunities in Arayat and Ma- i galang towns in priovince this rainy season. I "These rocks are ready to go down," Lacadin said in a meet- ing with provincial government , officials on Monday. I The active channels are creeks that local folk call Maeyagas, Talc- Madalumdum and Oliva. The rows of sandbags placed I last year to slow down the de- scent of water and rocks had been eroded and needed to be rep' laced, Lacadin said. Takwi, on the side of Maga- lart g town, was where a policeman died in 2013 due to rocicslides. I More than 5,000 residents at Purok 6 and 7 in Barangay San Juan Ballo are in direct path of harm's way and had been declared under "state of imminent danger." During typhoons, they have I been advised to move to an evacu- ation center built in 2014 by the Pairipanga Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Counril (PDR- AMC) behind the town hall, ac- cording to Angelina Blanco, PDR- RMC Office executive director. The office of Rep. Aurelio I Gonzales, provincial govern- ment and the National Housing Authority have built a relocation site for families displaced by Ty- phoon "Ondoy" in 2009. The landslides then killed 12 people. I 'Engineering solutions to hold back the rocks or retrieve 'these have not been done by the Deoartment of Public Works and Highways, local officials said. —TONETTEOREJAS INQ

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Angat Darn water level drops despite rains

By RAMON EFREN LAZARO. Earlier, Sevillo David Jr., executive director of the National Water Resources CITY OF MALOLOS — Despite the Board, confirmed to The STAR that th rains experienced in late afternoon' and water level in Angat Dam has breached early evening in ' over the past its critical water level of 180 meters on several days, the water level at Angat, April 28 this year when it hit 179.97 Dam continues to decline. meters. - Data provided by Maricel Cruz, chief Mary Joy David, project development of the, provincial public affairs office of officer II of the Bureau of Soils and Water Bulacan, shoved that water level in the Management (BSWM), earlier said the dam since last Saturday was recorded agency started conducting cloud seed- at 170.70 meters, going down to 170.49 ing operations . since April 10 this year meters on Sunday, 170.19 meters on in an effort to bring rains in the vicinity Monday, 169.88 on Tuesday, 169.79 me- of La Mesa Dam in City to help ters on WetInesday and 169.63 meters replenish the dwindling water level in Thursday morning. the water reservoir that supplies the bulk Last Tuesday Angat Dam water level of potable water to Metro Manila. went down to 169.88 meters or more However, it is not clear if the BSVVM is than 10 meters below the 180 meters still continuing to conduct cloud-seeding critical level of the dam that supplies 97 operations as rains have been falling percent of potable water to Metro Manila inside the watershed areas of Bulacan residents. in the last several days.

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Despite recent rains in Metro According to the NWRB, do- tropical cyclones may enter or Manila and neighboring provinces, mestic water allocation will be make landfall over the country water elevation in Angat Dam in slightly reduced to 46 cubic meters in June. Bulacan continues to dip below per second (cms) beginning this Currently, a frontal system or the 180-meter critical mark on month from the 48 (cms) in May. the boundary where cold and the warm air masses meet will still Friday. Water elevation among res- In a data from the Philippine ervoirs supplying Metro Manila affect Northern Luzon. Atmospheric, Geophysical and continues to decline as the weak Cloudy skies with scattered Astronomical Services Adminis- El Nifio phenomenon still persists rains and thunderstorms will be tration's (PAGASA) Hydro-me- and affects the country. felt over the provinces of llo- teorological Division, the water El Nifio, as described by PA- cos Nortej , , level in Angat Dam on Friday was GASA, is a weather pattern associ- , including the at 169.41 meters, slightly below ated with reduced rainfall resulting Babuyan Group of Islands. than the 169.63 meters recorded in dry spell and drought conditions Same weather conditions is also expected to prevail over Eastern on Thursday. in some provinces. The current water level in Angat kGASA earlier said that the Visayas, and Mindoro Dam is still significantly lower than weak El Nino phenomenon will provinces due to the Intertropical the normal high water level of 212 continue through June to August Convergence Zone (ITCZ). meters and had also breached its period but may still persist until While Metro Manila and the rest 180 meter-low water level. the end of the year, despite the of the country will experience The Angat Dam, located in expected start of the rainy season partly cloudy to cloudy skie with Norzagatay, Bulacan, is the major next month. isolated rainshowers caused by water source of households in Met- The state weather bureau an- localized thunderstorms. ro Manila and nearby provinces. nounced that the onset of the wet The agency warned residents to Earlier, the• National Water season is predicted on the first half be affected by the said weather Resources Board (NWRB) saId it of June for areas under Type 1 systems on possible flash floods will reduce the domestic water climate or those areas with distinct or landslides during severe thun- allocation in 'Metro. Manila start- wet and dry seasons. derstorms. (Alexandfia San ing June 1. — With this, at least one or two )uan)

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BY JONATHAN L. MAYUGA A project being spearheaded by the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) in ANILA Bay, a region partnership with the Netherlands„ the master plan aims to ensure currently populated by the sustainability of the pollution- challenged Manila Bay, one of the iaround 30 million people most important bodies of water in M the Philippines. from to , will require Now the subject of massive rehabilitation, Manila Bay is cov- a budget of $1 billion a year for ered by a continuing mandamus L it to be sustainably managed, a • by the Supreme Court ordering 13 government agencies to clean up, Dutch expert working with Filipino rehabilitate and preserve the bay I and maintain its waters to SB level counterparts in crafting the Manila to make them fit for swimming, , skin diving, and other forms of , Bay Sustainable Development Master contact recreation. Plan said. Along Roxas Boulevard in '

Manila, the Department of Envi- man at the sidelines of a policy ownership in developing and imple- ronment and Natural—Resources forum organized by the National menting its action programs. . (DENR) has approved the dredging Academy of Science and Technol- The NAST policy forum, where of garbage and silt from the bay. ogy (NAST) at the Philippine In- Brinkman was among the resource Estero cleanup is also being ternational Convention Center on persons, aimed to discuss the cur- done within the Manila Bay re- Wednesday. rent status of Manila Bay, including gion, following the order of the In the next 30 years, based on the geological, physical, chemical Department of the Interior and conservative population growth and water quality, biodiversity, fish- Local Government directing ba- estimate, the population in areas eries and aquaculture: learn about rangay units to conduct cleanup around Manila Bay is estimated to the development and management operations in their respective ju- reach 50 million, underscoring the plans for the bay, and gather science- risdictions. need to sustainably manage one of based recommendations relating Jaan Jap Brinkman, team the country's most economically to its sustainability. leader for the Netherlands Study important urban areas. An attached agency of the De- Team for the Manila Bay master In I the next three months, partment of Science and Technolo- plan, said the bay, which is project- Brinkman said the study team from gy (DOST), the NAST is mandated ed to have one of the most popu- the Philippine and Dutch sides by Executive Order 818, Series of lated urban centers in the world, would try to reach out to various 1982, to serve as an adviser to the needs to be managed. The Busi- stakeholders, around Manila Bay to President of the Philippines and NESSMIRROR interviewed Brink- promote the concept of program co- CONTINUED ON A2 STRATEGIC I I I I I I CONIMUNICATION UP ER PAGE 1 BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON STORY STORY eatwstmessiStkitle INITIATIVES LOWER iRTIRRIreitsat SERVICE BusinessMirror - IIT.0010,10DIBOT,Bny 0 1 J.:A iji3

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CONTINUED FROM Al This is a far cry from what mate-change effects like sea-level the Duterte administration has rise, storm surges, flooding, even the Cabinet on policies concern- initially allocated—P47 billion earthquake and external factors ing science and technology in the for a seven-year rehabilitation ccni like econOmic crisis, will have to be program. taken into account in crafting the According to Brinkman, Ma- Such a huge amount of money, ManikBay master plan. nila Bay management would en- he said, should be considered as a 'rife crafting of the master tail huge investment that will take long-term investment to ensure into consideration, the various fac- plan has a broad stakeholders' ' the sustainability of Manila Bay. participation and is being done in tors—such as water distribution, He said master planners will wastewater treatment, sewerage consultation with various national come up with a zoning plan that will government agencies—such as system and solid-waste manage- ensure inclusive growth vis avis the ment disposal. the DENA, Philippine Reclama- multiple uses and purposes of the tion Authority, Philippine Ports By a conservative estimate, he Manila Bay area—including ship said the population in the region Authority (PPA) and Lake navigation, seaports operation, fish- Development Authority. in the next 30 .years would reach eries, aquaculture and tourism. Brinkman, who discussed the 50 million people :from Various Brinkman, who works for Del- salient features of the master plan sectors—all of whom will demand tares, an independent institute for 'at the NAST forum, underscored space—with Manila Bay having applied research in the field of wa- the need to bring in various stake- multiple uses and functions. ter and subsurface, said the study holders in the crafting of a sus- For the 50 million people that team is expected to complete the tainable management plan, rather will be living around Manila Bay in first draft of the master plan by . than simply coming up with a de- the next 30 years, for solid-waste October this year. velopment plan, considering the management, water and wastewa- "Then we will have another many challenges that need to be ter treatment, we are looking at an year for reality check if the plan is addressed. initial $1-billion annual budge!," good," he said. Brinkman said. Since the government had al- According to Brinkman, cli- ready started the rehabilitation,

the master planners, he said, will Plan and Investment Report will cob F. Meimban Jr., deputy ex- have to cope with the various ac- be submitted to the Office of the ecutive director of the Manila Bay tivities and support the ongoing President. act Coordinating Office of the DENA, Ori programs in planning how Manila Bay area covers eight discussed the environmental man- to implement them, including the provinces and 178 local govern- agement in Manila Bay, while Eli- weekly -cleanup, and, garbage , colt ment units in three regions of the gio P. Fortajada, acting manager lection and disposal. country, namely: National Capital of the Project Management Office, Kevin Gilbert M. Manzano, Kegion (NCR), Central Luzon and NCR South of the PPA, discussed senior economic development dalabarzon. the port's development plan in specialist at Neda who gave an Of the eight provinces, four Manila Bay. overview of the formulation of are coastal (Bataan, Bulacan, Atty. Joseph John M. Literal, the master plan, said the target Cavite and Pampanga); and four assistant general manager for R'ec- is to come up with a final report alt non-coastal (Laguna, Nueva in May 2020. lamation and Regulation of the Ehija, and" Tarlac). Its drain- Philippine Reclamation Author- "So far, all our deliverables age area covers 1,994 km2, or ity, briefed the participants on the have been deliveredrhe said, cit- 199,400 hectares. Its coastline pending land-reclamation project ing the Strategic Plan component measures some 190 kilometers. applications in Manila Bay. to come up with an Inception Re- On January 27, Environment Academician Cesar L. Villa- port including Work and Finan- Secretary Roy A. Cimatu led the cial Plan. - noy, member of the Mathematics launching. of "Battle fix' Manila and Physical Sciences Division of By--- March 2020, the study - Bay," an ambitious program.to- re- the NAST, tackled Physical Ocean- teams are expected to come up habilitate Manila Bay and restore ography of Manila Bay, while Dr. with' an Action Plan and Invest- the water to its pristine state. The Gil S. Jacinto, a professor at the ment RePort that will be the basis target is to make the water quality Marine Science Institute of the for, the development of the Updat- in Manila Bay "swimmable" and fit University of the Philippines, ed Finalt Master Plan by May 2020. for recreation. Diliman, discussed the Chemical By July 2020, the Final Action During the NAST forum, Ja- Oceanography of Manila Bay. Ecii.4y;!,,kv,,,:.,11J TE' :;.,:;:itErfail11477,4 MEP PAGE I BANGER EDITORIAI CAHOON CONINIUNICAtION STORY STORY INVISATIVES PAGE tOWEP Pilsomess.S"Elr STITEVICIE " NimissESEPEOF " .01 00.4iJiJ

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STORY BYJULIE M AURELIO The President says Manila remains Beijing's friend but for the first time questions publicly whether the Asian powerhouse has the right to call the whole South China Sea its own. ti

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By Julie M. Aurelio @JMAurelioINQ Absence of code like him, he said, to push the ar- TOKYO—President Duterte on 1China claims sovereignty bitral ruling "because we won." Friday said he loved China as an over nearly the entire South He was referring to the 2016 ally but questioned the claim by China Sea, putting it in conflict ruling by the international arbi- the Asian economic power- with the Philippines, Vietnam, tral tribunal nullifying China's house over the whole South Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei. expansives claims over the China Sea. "Not only that, because of South China Sea. It was the first time that Mr. the absence of the [code of That case filed against China Duterte directly confronted conduct], France, Britain, Amer- by the Philippines under former China publicly on whether it ica are testing the waters," Mr. President Benigno Aquino III had the right to claim the strate- Duterte added, jesting that it frayed ties between the two gic waterway. wasn't to check the water countries. When Mr. Duterte The President made the re- temperature. took office, he set aside the rul- marks in a speech at the 25th In- "My God, it is really testing ing in exchange for warmer re- ternational Conference on the who can fire the first shot. And I lations with Beijing and Chinese Future of Asia in Tokyo orga- am sad and bewildered, not an- aid and investments. nized by Nikkei Inc. gry, because I cannot do any- "I love China," he said. "it th ng "he said. Can't afford a war has helped us a bit. But it be- "My country is very small. It hooves upon us to ask: Is it has progressed a little over the right for a country to claim the Digressing, Mr. Duterte said years, I do not know why; But I whole ocean?" "somebody should reach out to cannot afford a war with any- the United States because if you body. Not only with China. And Aggressive actions leave to them to talk nothing the moment I send out my Philippine defense and mili- Wi I happen," he said, referring Marines beyond 6 tary officials have been wary of kilometers, to the trade war between the they will be—they will all be China's aggressive actions in two countries and US naval wiped out in one or two military the South China Sea, particular- freechim of navigation opera- *strikes," he said. ly its expansion and militariza- tions in the South China. Mr. Duterte said the Philip- tion of the strategic waterway "There is so much animosity pines was "deeply concerned despite protests from other covered by sweet talking about about the ongoing trade war be- claimant nations. tween the US and China." China has built artificial is- "It is creating uncertainty lands on seven reefs claimed by and tension. It is causing down- the Philippines, turning them, how they desire to have an ward stressors on the, global into virtual military •outposts agreement. But nobody is push- economy. It is becoming a pro- ing, and the intrusions [in the tracted war on the global and South China Sea], as far as China with runways for jet fighters, trade investments everywhere," is concerned, [is that] it's in their soldiers barracks and missile the President warned. waters," Mr. Duterte said. emplacements. He called for a resolution of The President highlighted his The President noted that the the trade dispute as soon as ro e as the moderator in the dia- South China Sea was "at stress" possible. INQ loguel.' between China and Asean but •he assured China that the Philippines remained its friend. in the formulation of the code of cond ct in the disputed waters. He warned, however, that as long as the conflicting territori- al and maritime claims remain unresolved between China and "The last thing I heard was other countries over the water- the [code of conduct] is just way there would always be "a abou two years away," he said. flashpoint for trouble." Mr. Duterte added that if China and members of the given a chance to visit Beijing, Association of Southeast Asian he would talk to Chinese Presi- Nations (Asean), which includes dent Xi Jinping about the terri- the Philippines, have been for tdria dispute. years trying to. craft a code of In his speech, the President . conduct in the South China Sea also slammed the "lousy politi- to prevent the overlapping mar- cians in my country" who would itime and territorial claiins from escalating into violence. iD_CL STRATEGIC --.... pi)- iwpm - •1 . fin- DROORE------fs c}:' tIIIIiR IRE UPPER RAC'S I RANK EDITORIAL CARTOON le A CONINIENICATION STORY STORY „„.....ossamsai INITIATIVES PAGE TOWER I 1.110,LLes.... SERVICE MAfilLAPBULLETIN THE NATION'S LEADING NEWSPAPER .0 1 Jj:4 zao

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Duterte asks... 41 Duterte made the statement in his nese President Xi Jinping about the issue speech at Nikkei's 20th International Con- because there will only be trouble the ference on the Future of Asia here Friday longer the sea code is crafted. afternoon. In his speech, Duterte, who also "I would notwant to impose my own - it heads the ASEAN-China Summit, noted would be my last word, but if I get to get a that there is tension in the disputed waters chance to visit Beijing again, I'll try to talk because there is no code to follow. to President Xi Jinping," Duterte said. "There is so much animosity covered "And the longer it takes for the issue by sweet talking aboirt how they desire to to be there, it is always a flashpoint for have an agreement. But nobody is push- trouble. Not only that because of the ab- ing and the intrusions, as far as China is sence of the conduct of the sea, France, concerned it's in their waters," he said. Britain, America are testing the waters," "I love China, it hAs helped us a bit. But hb added. it behooves upon us to Ask: Is it right for "I am sad and bewildered not angry a country to claim the whole ocean? Only because I cannot do anything. But I just just leave the high seas as itwas during the hope that China would come up with con- old days of internatiOnal law," he added. duct of the sea soon and somebody should He also said that while the South reach out to the United States. Because China Sea is at stress, the sea code in the if you leave it to them to talk, nothing will disputed waters will not be finished for happen," he continued. another two years. I Duterte opted to set aside the arbitral "China Sea is at gtress. We are friends ruling for now in order to build better rela- with China. lam the rhoderatorcountryfor tions with China. China and the ASEAN. And the last thing In his visit to Japan in 2017, both I heard was the conduct of the sea is just Duterte and Prime Minister Abe Shinzo about two years away," he said. expressed the need for a peaceful resolu- He said that he will try to talk to Chi- tion in the disputed waters. 17:1 Liii I liiiiiilltcplll II Fm,, IAWIFI I 51011T 5c1,111( „ I OVI Ell

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Duterte to ChinaVls CLAIM FROM Al to claim the whole ocea Duterte reach out to, the United States, PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has again criti because if youleave it to them to cized China over its ter itorial ambitions in talk nothing will happen." the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea Duterte, who has cOurted Bei- even as he called for a code of conduct t6 jing's favor by setting aside an reduce tensions in the area. international tribunal's ruling that "I. love China, it has helped us a bit. Bu rejected China's South China Sea it behooves upon us to ask: Is it right for a claims, recently warned of "suicide country to claim the whole ocean?" he said attacks" following reports that in a speech at the Nikkei's 25th Internationa Chinese vessels were massing off Conference on the Future of Asia on Fr day Philippine-held Pag-asa Island: in Tokyo. The President, however, has not 4Thi Stressing the need fora code, he added, dropped his criticism of the US, is not a testing of waters ... it is really testing telling Filipinos in Japan a day who can fire the first shot. And l am sad and earlier that the Philippines would bewildered ... because I cannot do anyth ng.' be fine without American support. He also warned against US meddling in "So, as long as' we will not be the dispute, saying, "ISIoniebody should left by Japan, Korea and China, we ),-ClaimA2 will be okay," he told representa- tives of the Filipino community. He asked Filipinos in Japan to con- tinuetoiling, as the counilywasgood to the Philippinesand its mignantworkets. f"Sweat lit] out because they are kind to us and they provide us with so many things, free," Duterte said. "Japan is a good country ... and our workers here are not offended. You are really treated here as a hu- man being," he added. Duterte dismissed the US for being too "bossy" and failing to live up to promises. "You do not havc a word of honor. The country infith the most word of honor, Japan," he said. STRATEGIC COTTIMUNICA1 ION UPPER PAGE 1 TANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON STORY STORY N trhyriv ES PAGE LOWER Sritvicc —et Pa a ITTLI5 54 ITILLITA 1 an

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Duterte: Mahal ho China pero wala silang 'K' angkinin buong dagat Kinnwestiyon ni Pa- siya nagagalit pero umaa- ngulong Rodrigo Duterte sa umano siya na pangu- kung bakit lnaangkin ng nahan ng China ang pag- China alig buong South buo ng Code of Conduct China Sea. (COC) sa pagitan ng mga Ipinahayag Ito ng Pa- bansang may inaangkin ngulo sa kanyang talum- na teritoryo sa South Chi- pati sa Niklee Internatio- na Sea. nal Forum on the Future of Maaari aniyang ma- Asia na ginanap sa Japan kumbinsi ang China para nitong Biyernes. tapusin na ang COC kung "I love China, it has magkakaroon ng high-le- helped via a bit but it be- vel talks tungkol dito. hooves upon us to ask, is it Ipinunto ng Pangulo right for a country to claim na maaaring kumuha rig the whole ocean?" sabi ng third party mediator sa Pangulo. pag-uusap para makabuo Nilinaw ni Pangulong ng COC sa South China Duterte na fiindi naman Sea. (PNA) STILATECIC PAGER BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON CONIMUNICATION STORY STORY INITIATIVES FECDRe ffer S Elt IT A4, Pi Lyn* Nn.NLsn 1.,•lon. SA Oicta 0 1 2013

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Ni ARIEL FERNANDEZ Nasabat ng Bureau of Customs Ayon kay Customs districteollector taga-Sto Tomas, Batangas, Naga City, (BoC) angiba't ibang illegal shipments Carmelita Talusan, ang shipment ng at . ng wildlife trade products, na illegal wildlife gaya ng balat ng stingray Ayon kay Talusan, ang shipment ay idineklarang registered mail at laruan, mula Jakarta, Indonesia ay nadiskubre nadiskubre sa Central Mail Exchange sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport sa package ay nakapangalan sa Sang Center (cmEq, sa pamumuno ni (NAIA), iniulat kahapon. taga-Talisay, Cebu City, habang ang Customs collector Nora Cawili. Ang shipment, na naglalaman ulo ng moose at prineserbang fox mula Sinabi niya na ang mga lumabag sa ng balat ng stingray, ulo ng moose, Norway at France na nakapangalan sa illegal wildlife trading ay makuku long prineserbang fox, at 100 tarantula, mga taga-Cavite at Quezon City, ayon ng isa hanggang dalawang taon at ay dinala sa Wildlife Trafficking sa pagkakasu nod. multang P20,000 hanggang P200,000, vlanagement Unit (WTMU-DENR), Ang isa pang shipment na 100 base sa RA 9147 (Wildlife Resources Bureau of Animal industry (BAT), at tarantula, nakapaloob sa plastic Conservation and Protective; Ad Bureau Fisheries and Aquatic Resouires containers, ay mula sa Poland at in relation to RA 10863 (Customs 9FAR). Malaysia ay nakapangalan sa mga Modernization and Tariff Act).

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PAGE!! DATE 6 na kaftan ng wildlife, nasabal Nasabat ng mga tauhan ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) sa Central Mail Exhange Center (CMEC), Pasay City, ilang metro any layo sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2, any anim na paketeng ilegal na inangkth na wildlife at agad na inilipat pangangalaga ng Wildlife Trafficking Management Unit (WTMU-DENR), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Re- sources (BFAR) at Bureau of Animal Industry (BA°, ka- makalawa. Sinabi ni NAIA Customs District Collector Mime! Talu- san, na dalawang kahon dito ang may laman na 100 pira- song buhay at makamandag na Tarantulas na maaaring any buhok o balahibo nito ay maging sanhi ng pinsala at pagkabulag ng tao. Any Tarantulas ay natag- puan sa !ebb ng transparent plathip -Container galing sa. Poland al Malayaia at idinekla- i raneynails and toys' ng con- ' signae nito para mailusot sa CMEC. . - Ayon kaYTalusan, nadisku- .bre rin nila na may 71 piraso ng.stingray skin na nakita sa isa pang pakete galing Ja- karta, Bukod dito, isang camel hide, stuffed moose head at fox ay galingnaman sa United Arab *::)( EMirates, Norway at France. Mg mga ito umano ay ,maaaring magdala ng exotic disease at magbanta nang panganib ea .kalusugan sa kawalarreng mga Quarantine cortifi6theS gt import permits. 'Any lumabag sa Illegal Wildlifearade ay maaaring maharap•Sapagkabilanggo ng .isang (1) taon at iSang (1) araw hahggang dalawang (2) taon at inultang P20,000 hanggang P2001,000' batay sa RA 9147 ..(Wildffe 'Resources Conser- vation and Protection Act) na may kaugnayan sa RA 10863 (Customs Modernization at Tariff Act). (Butch Quejada):.

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TH these data from United ALL ABOUT This is according to the Climate the air (UN Environment, 2019). WiNations (UN) Environment and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), a One of the most notable achieve- — 92 percent of people worldwide CHOICES voluntary partnership of more than ments of the government last month do not breathe clean air; air pollu- 120 governments, intergovernmental is the signing of a law "institutional- tion costs the global economy $5 LUDWIG 0. organizations, businesses, scientific izing energy efficiency and conser- trillion every year in welfare costs; FEDERIGAN institutions and civil society organi- vation, enhancing the efficient use and ground-level ozone pollution is zations committed to improving air of energy and granting incentives to expected to reduce staple crop yields people to die younger as a result of quality and protecting the climate energy efficiency and conservation by 26 percent by 2030 —there is no cardiovascular and respiratory dis- through actions to reduce short-lived projects in the country" doubt that our problem on air pollu- eases, and also exacerbates chronic climate pollutants. Republic Act 11285, or the "Ener- tion has never been this pronounced. diseases such as asthma, causing On our part, as an individual, we gy Efficiency and Conservation Act," As one of the pressing environmental people to miss school or work and can contribute in the reduction of air recognizes the need "to institution- concerns, it is just right that this year's , eroding quality of life." pollution by moving to a plant-based alize energy efficiency and conserva- theme of the World Environment The State of Global Air 2019 fur- diet and reducing our food waste. tion as a national way of life geared Day focuses on how we can "Beat ther states: "Air pollution is the fifth towards the efficient and judicious Air Pollution." leading risk factor for mortality. It Waste utilization of energy try formulating i'llieWorld Environment Day is the is responsible for more deaths than developing, and implementing day designated by UN to encourage many better-known risk factors such Open waste burning and organic energy efficiency and conservation worldwide awareness, and for each as malnutrition, alcohol use, and waste in landfills release harmful plans and programs." It would one of us to do something to take physical inactivity Each year, more dioxins, furans, methane and black "secure sufficiency and stability of , care of our environment. For the past people die from air pollution-related carbon into the atmosphere. Globally, energy supply in the country to 45 years, it is Me day for call to action disease than from road traffic injuries an estimated 40 percent of waste is cushion the impact of high prices that has been celebrated in over 100 or malaria." openly burned. The problem is most of imported fuels to local markets countries, including the Philippines. severe in urbanizing regions and and protect the environment in Air pollution can be defined as What causes air developing countries. Open burning support of the economic and social the presence of harmful chemicals in pollution? of agricultural and municipal waste is development goals of the country." the air we breathe — chemicals that practiced in 166 out of 193 countries can hamper one's good health -- Agriculture (UN Environment, 2019). Transport products of myriad anthropogenic Improving the collection, sepa- activities (Rafael Ambag June 2018). There are two major sources of air ration and disposal of solid waste The global transport sector accounts While the pollution we breathe is de- pollution from agriculture: live- reduces the amount of waste that for almost one-quarter of energy-re- pendent on many factors, none of us stock, which produces methane is bumed or landfilled. Separating lated carbon dioxide emissions and is safe from air pollution. According and ammonia, and the burning of organic waste and turning it into this proportion is rising. Transport to the LIN Environment, air pollution agricultural waste (UN Environment compost or bioenergy improves soil emissions have been linked to nearly is caused by five human activities : 2019). Methane, 'considered as one fertility and provides an alternative 400,000 premature tleaths. Almost These human activities produce a of the short-lived climate pollutants energysource Reducingthe estimated half of all deaths by air pollution range of substances such as carbon (SLCPs), has a lifetime of 12 years in one-third of all food that is lost or from transport are caused by diesel monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen the atmosphere and is also a more wasted can also improve air quality. emissions, while those living closest dioxide, nitrogen oxide, ground-level potent global warming gas than car- to major traffic arteries are up to 12 ozone, particulate matter, sulfur di- bon dioxide its,l impact is 34 times Industry percent more likely to be diagnosed oxide, hydrocarbons and lead — all greater over a 100ryear period. with dementia (UN Environment, of which are considered harmful to Three control measures to address Energy production is a leading source 2019). human health. air pollution in the agriculture sector of air pollution, Coal-burning power In the Environmental Performance Our health is strongly influenced are: banning open-field burning plants are a major contributor, while index (EPI) 2018, a joint project of by the air we breathe. According to of agricultural waste; intermittent diesel generators are a growing con- Yale University's Center for Environ- the State of Global Air 2079, a spe- aerating of continuously padded cem in off-grid areas. Industrial pro- mental Lawand Policy and Columbia cial report on global exposure to air rice paddies; and improving ma- cesses and solvent use, in the chemical University's Earth Institute, while the \pollution, "poor air quality causes nure management and animal feed. and mining industries, also pollute Philippines ranked 43rd out of 180

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countries, it ranked 111th in terms of id fuels such as coal, wood, charcoal, air quality. dung and other forms of biomass, A key finding in its "Summary like crop waste to cook food, and to for Policymakers" states "air quality heat and light homes. This practice remains the leading environmental generates high concentration of pol- threat to public health." In 2016, the lutants in and around the home In Institute for Health Metrics and Eval- 2017, 3.6 billion people wereeirposed uation estimated that diseases related to household air pollution from the to airborne pollutants contributed use of solid fuels for cooking. to two-thirds of all life-years lost to "Globally, the number of people environmentally-related deaths and cooking with solid fuels has dedined. disabilities. However, disparities persist, and pop- "The effects of pollution are ev- ulation in less-developed countries ident and undeniable, and this is continue to suffer the highest expo- particularly observable in Metro sure to household air pollution," the Manila, due in no small part to the State of-Global Air 2019 states. sheervolume of vehiailarsmoke that The Philippines is ranked ninth in practically envelops it," said Rafael terms of number of people, and the Ambag in his article "How Bad Is percentage of population exposed to Air Pollution In The Philippines?" household air population covering On top of that, Ambag wrote that 13 countries with populations over j our country continues to depend on 50 million, in which more than 10 energy harnessed from coal power percent of the population uses solid plants, a fact bemoaned by environ- fuels for cooking. mentalists due to the known impact A shift towards cleaner household of coal-fired power plants on air fuels is necessary. These may indude pollution levels. banning theuse of coal for household We face a real problem ib this dire cooking and heating and shifting to situation, as we have no choice but to liquefied petroleum gas instead of breathe in, regardless of the quality biomass fuels. of the air where we reside, pollutants But not all air pollution comes that negatively affect the quality of from human activity — volcanic our lives and reduce the time we eruptions, dust storms and Other nat- can spend on tEis beautiful, albeit ural processes also cause problems. polluted, planet. i An importantiintervention to im- *** prove air qualityi is reducing vehicle emissions. Accorliiing to the UN Envi- I will deliver a presentation on ronment, policies andstandards that "Engaging Communities on Climate require the use of cleaner fuels and Action" during the Island-Wide Con- advanced vehicleemissions standards ference on Sustainable Development could reduce vehicle emissions by 90 Goals' Education and Advocacy percent or morel (Luzon Leg) on June 1 in Lipa City Batangas. On June 2, I will deliver Household • the keynote address on youth vol- unteerism and dimate action during The main source of household air Mismo: Youth Volunteers Summit pollution is the indoor burning ofsol- 2019. in Tigbauan, . et. STRATEGIC cc I I COMMUNICATION UPPER PAGE I OAM/EII EDRIORIAI CARTOON STORY STORY bisw.„„„soratairSill INpTIArIvpc 827 "cc:11:r: PAGE ROWER S Af. *Id 1:1 TaK11 0 1 j;'9:1 21111

1--- - NO THREAT TO INFLATION SEEN FROM PROLONGED EL NINO The El Nifio phenomenon may "rains have already come for . continue until the end of 2019 So far, the effects of the cli- linger in the country longer Central Luzot and Cagayan and persist until lino "but with mate pattern were not mani- than expected, but the Bangko Valley", where the bulk of the high uncertainty." fested iq the country's inflation Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said country's rice production carne It expected 63 provinces to rate during the first quarter, this would not have an effect from. be hit by El Nifio in varying de- which averaged 3.8 percent. on inflation and put "negligi- This means the impact of grees. Tolentino, also a former di- ble" pressure in the price of the El Nilm especially in food During the onset of El Nifio, rector of the International Rice rice. production would not be dras- the agriculture sector incurred Research Institute, said prices of Bruce Tolentino, a member tic and any effects it would P7.36 billion in damages and rice in the market should contin- of the policymaking Monetary- have on rice would be minimal: losses—the majority of which ue to moderate especially with Board of the Bangko Sentral rig The latest !climate outlook were on rice and corn—but the deregulation of rice trade. Pilipinas, said that even when a from the Pi ilipifirie Atmo- Agriculture Secretary Em- The crucial next item to. much longer drought would spheric, Geophysical and As- manuel Pinot said the figures monitor, he noted, would be persist until 2020 as forecast by ironomical, Services Adminis- • represented only i and .4 -per- the movement of international the state weather bureau, the tration (Pagasa) said there was cent Of the country's total rice rice prices and acy inter: affected areas were "not sign if' .a 7o-Percent chance that dry and corn production, respec- ?rational supply and price sko icant for rice," adding that and warm . conditions would: tively. shocks in countries where „ 02

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TRAFFIC, GARBAGE, mimes — BAGUIO MAYOR-ELECT CONFRONTS OLD WOES By Kimberlie Quitasol bilitation of sewer lines will gkimberliequitasolINQ need capitalization, we need to get help from the national gov- Retired police ernment, private groups and general Benjamin foreign entities that provide Magalong spear- grants for rehabilitation of the paw pAas headed the fact- environment," he said. finding team that implicated Malacaltang and Crimes and calamities police officials in the botched Magalong said crimes 2015 Mamasapano operation were the biggest threat to the that killed 44 Special Action city. He plans to acquire a Force troopers. technology that will consoli- In the May 13 midterm elec- date and improve existing an- tions, the former chief of the ticrime systems and integrate Criminal Investigation and De- Benjamin Magalong it with emergency response. tection Group defeated eight He said it would be an inte- mayoral candidates, including grated command center for traf- incumbent Vice Mayor Edison opment Authority to help him fic, disaster and emergency re- Bilog and Councilor Edgar Avila. gather data and analyze the sponse. "You have a command Magalong, 58, is a member of present situation and provide center where all [closed-circuit the Philippine Military Academy immediate adjustments to the television cameras] are connect- "Sandigan" Class of 1982. He traffic flow. ed for monitoring," he said. served the Philippine National He said there was also a He said there was also . a Police on various capacities for need to build parking build- mobile phone application that 38 years and retired as its deputy ings and centralized terminals can quickly report and re- chief for operations in 2016. for public utility vehicles. spond to crimes and calami- After retirement, he became Recognizing that there is a ties. The technology is worth the senior vice president for op- lack of open space in the city, around Pi7o million and Presi- erations of Steel Asia, the coun- he said the roads must be dent Duterte has already com- try's largest steel manufacturer. widened. "We need to secure mitted to fund an emergency road right of way but that will response system, he said. Baguio boy take time," he said. Born and raised in Baguio, Overpopulation Magalong said the problems of Waste disposal "It is about time to imple- traffic, garbage and pollution, Magalong said •the city ment the BLISTT (Baguio-La among other things, stemmed government spent around Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan-Tu- from the failure of the local gov- Pico million for waste dispos- ba-Tublay) as the only way to ernment to implement the mas- al last year. "If we can put up a depopulate the city," he said. ter development plan of the city. waste management system at He said the BLISTT would He said the city needed to zero cost to the city govern- also benefit the other towns as it come up with a strategic plan ment, we can save around would spur their development with short-term and long- Pio° million that can be used "BLISTT cannot be enforced, term solutions to address for social services," he said. it needs social acceptability," he these problems. According to him, he is al- said, adding that these areas' de- "We have already gone so considering building an en- velopment should become a past our carrying capacity," gineered sanitary landfill and shared enterprise. Magalong said, adding that waste-to-energy projects or a the city government cannot biomass plant. Governance do it alone and must engage "It will be a challenge but "We need to develop a and work with residents. we will need to get the approval strong management team of the community," he said. composed of competent lead- Lack of space ers and workers who must Magalong said there were Sewerage system perform their mandate to 57,000 registered private and The incoming mayor said meet targets," Magalong said. public vehicles in the city as of there was a need to rehabilitate He said he would intro- 2018 but the present road sys- the sewerage system of the city, duce a "kind of leadership that tem cannot accommodate this and build a treatment facility. inspires." volume. "We are looking at the mod- "If people are inspired, He said he has tapped the ular type of treatment facilities they innovate. They go the ex- Metropolitan Manila Devel- due to lack of space ... The reha- tra mile," he said. INQ