Environment

Construction waste, other garbage dumped in part of Subic forest

December 5, 2017 | Environment | Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority

A portion of wetlands inside the Subic Bay Freeport has been turned into a dump. Residents living near the area are protesting as a section of the marshland has been damaged. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has shut down a disposal area near a forest here, heeding complaints Read More


Zambales minerals enough to pay PH’s foreign debts – gov

December 4, 2017 | Environment | Finance | Zambales

IBA, Zambales: Unknown to many, this province can offer not only marine and forest products but mineral deposits that may save the country’s economy. In an interview with The Manila Times, Gov. Amor Deloso said Zambales is rich in at least 27minerals that include chromite, gold, manganese as well as natural gas that can generate Read More


‘Unbearable’ stench, health hazard from Canadian trash still festering in Subic

November 23, 2017 | Canada | Environment | Port | Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Wednesday sounded off on the need for 67 containers of garbage shipped from Canada to be removed from their ports. The garbage that arrived in the Port of Manila in 2013 was transferred to the care of Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. (SBITC), a subsidiary of SBMA, in Read More


SBMA’s recyclables collection keeps small hazardous wastes off Subic Freeport

November 21, 2017 | Environment

By: Jonas Reyes SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is keeping small hazardous waste materials such as batteries, aerosols, light bulbs and adhesives off of the premier Freeport by conducting the 3rd Recyclables Collection Event last week. The 3rd Recyclable Collection Event is a semiannual event that lets companies inside the Freeport dispose Read More


Subic students learn to ‘artcycle’

November 20, 2017 | Community | Education | Environment | Zambales

By: Butch Gunio SUBIC, Zambales?A total of 16 teams participated in the 2nd ArtCycle, an environmental, educational, recycling art competition organized by Redondo Peninsula Energy at Subic Central School. The teams were composed of students and teachers from the different elementary and high schools here. This year’s winning team is Batiawan High School with their recycled Read More


 
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