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Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units Concerns Benny D. Antiporda on Saturday, June 26, urged Filipinos to take part in clean-up drives initiated for the country’s oceans to protect marine resources from the growing problem of marine pollution.
“If every person throws a piece of candy wrapper in the ocean, after just a few months, we would lose our oceans. This is the simplest form of explanation to this growing problem,” he said.
Marine pollution is one of the main reasons the DENR closed all illegally operating open dumpsites nationwide as it is in line with the ongoing rehabilitation of Manila Bay.
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The Philippine Institute of Petroleum (PIP), an organization of of major oil industry players, are throwing support to the decision of the Department of Energy (DOE) to review the technical and safety policies for small retail outlets that are serving marginalized areas, primarily the market domains relying on illegal oil trading.
Dubbed as the technology solution retail outlets (TSRO), this type of retail outlet is a result of emerging technologies that addresses the requirements of liquid fuels in areas currently served by the illegal ‘bote-bote’ trade.”
In a statement to the media, the PIP regarded the DOE’s move relating to the review of existing regulations governing TSROs as a step in the right direction because this will be addressing not just illegal practices in the deregulated downstream oil sector, but will likewise tackle the concomitant risks relating to safety of unacceptable trade activities in the sector.
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda is looking into the possible contamination of Manila Bay via wastewater coming from dilapidated vessels at local shipyards.
(Photo from DENR) Antiporda, the head of the Manila Bay Anti-Pollution Task Force, vis