We can Talk About Environmental Issues Without Climate Change
Some people are so defensive of Greta Thunberg because they think her tantrum was necessary to alert people on environmental issues. I however believe her speech is based on a …
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Rubbish at the Manila International Airport: Nakakahiya sa mga Kano!
When I posted that photo tweeted by former Bureau of Customs chief Ruffy Biazon of the rubbish mess left by passengers in a lounge at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport …
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Rubbish-littered Manila NAIA Terminal 3 airport lounge tells the real story
A photo of a waiting lounge littered with rubbish in Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has caught the attention of many people and is making the rounds on social …
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The Canadians finally got it right: Manila IS a dump!
Literally! No really. As of this writing there are reportedly 50 container vans containing toxic waste imported from Canada sitting on a yard at the Manila International Container Terminal. Somebody …
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Manila as the gates of hell? It’s the river Styx too!
I bet the outrage over Dan Brown’s description of Manila as the “gates of hell” in his book Inferno is still fresh in the minds of many Filipinos. They really …
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It’s about time the Philippine government blasts squatters out of the water
Apparently emboldened by the rising anger over the man-made nature of the massive floods that devastated much of Metro Manila last week and increasingly loud calls to rectify the problems …
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Solution to Manila flooding may involve more of living with it than protecting against it
Metro Manila is, by its very nature, a city vulnerable to flooding. Yet it has grown and developed into a monstrous megalopolis that, today, teeters on the brink of catastrophic …
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