by Blesilda Dela Cruz | Feb 22, 2020 | Good Balita
Manila’s longest creek, the Estero de Tripa de Gallina, has been dredged to subside floods and help the Manila Bay Rehabilitation project. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on February 20, 2020, the completion of the dredging project...
by Atom L. Pornel | Oct 4, 2019 | Good Balita
Vendors from Tawi-Tawi in the southern Philippines have come up with an alternative packaging to eliminate the use of plastics by using baskets made from coconut leaves. The fruits and vegetable vendors of Bongao use baskets made entirely of coconut leaves locally...
by Atom L. Pornel | Sep 20, 2019 | Good Balita
Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) achieved another milestone in its sustainability program as the first plastics-free airport in the Philippines. The award-winning resort airport in Cebu announced on September 11 its progress towards efforts to be a...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Sep 13, 2019 | Good Balita
The Philippines’ sustainable tourism action plan won first place in the 2019 Korea Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Tourism (KOPIST) held in Jeju and Seoul in South Korea. The action plan from the Department of Tourism’s Office of Tourism Development...
by Atom L. Pornel | May 30, 2019 | Good Tech
What is a plantable pencil? It’s a Cebu-based startup company’s solution to throwing away pencils that are too short for writing or drawing. Eco Hub Cebu produces and sells pencils that can grow into plants once the stub is placed on moist soil. The...
