Tag: garbage
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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Is PNoy to blame for the recent flooding in Luzon?
When former President Gloria Arroyo (GMA) was in power, people were quick to blame her government for what happened during the flooding brought about by typhoon Ondoy in September 2009. …
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