Published April 26, 2021, 5:32 PM
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Six persons have been charged with violations of an environmental law when they were arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for reportedly occupying protected land in Rizal.
NBI Officer-In-Charge Director Eric B. Distor identified those arrested and charged as Angelica Sanchez, Rose Marie Solomon, Daniel Solana, Romeo Enriquez, Maria Clarisa Camanguan, and Emmanuel dela Cruz.
In a statement, the NBI said they were arrested by operatives of the NBI’s Environmental Crime Division (NBI-EnCD) last Thursday, April 22, after being caught occupying with permanent structures on a protected landscape in Barangay San Rafael in Rodriguez, Rizal.
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File photo April 23, 2021 UNCOLLECTED and improperly dumped garbage that clogged the drainage system and canals, siltation, and structures built above waterways have contributed to severe flooding in the city on April 10, the City Engineer s Office (CEO) reported.
CEO head Joseph Dominic Felizarta said based on their assessment, with the reports from the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), the heavy rain carried the uncollected garbage during that time. Napuno og mga basura ang atoang mga kanal. Siguro during that time, wala pa makolekta ang ubang basura niawas na sa garbage bin, nikalit man to og ulan sa gabii. So nanglutaw, didto ni-clog sa atong mga drainage (Our canals were full of trash. Maybe that time, the garbage was not yet collected and the bins were already brimming so when it rained heavily that night the garbage flowed to the canals and clogged our drainage),” Felizarta said in an interview on 87.5 FM Davao City Disa
April 23, 2021 SINCE the start of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, Davao City generated around 600 tons of garbage per day, according to the Davao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro).
Cenro head Marivic Reyes said the city s average volume of collected garbage is around 600 to 650 tons per day since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the city in March 2020 until present.
For March 2021, the city recorded an average of 620 tons.
However, this does not include those collected by Ancillary Service Unit during its cleanup drive in canals.
The figure is slightly lower compared to the average 900 tons of garbage per day in 2019, during pre-pandemic.
SunStar Group: Selective justice, environmental woes prevalent in Negros
NEGROS. Members of the Negros Artist Collective headed by Rudy Reveche perform at the site where the 26 trees were recently cut, specifically outside the old airport along Araneta Streer in Bacolod City, Thursday morning. (Olive Seruelo photo)
+ “TODAY, selective justice and environmental woes are prevalent in Negros Island.”
This was stressed by the Group of Environmental Socialists (Goes) as it marked the 51st Earth Day celebration themed “Restore our Earth” Thursday, April 22, 2021.
The environment group, in a manifesto, said after over five decades of celebrating Earth Day, “we are still facing the same dilemma which is to call the attention of politicians, concerned government agencies, individuals, corporations to restore our earth.”