Climate Change · Health · Waste · Water
By Purple Romero A dead whale filled with plastic trash. Containers of trash shipped back to a foreign country after six years. The problem of plastic waste and the Philippines[…]
FIFTY-FIVE Hawksbill turtle hatchlings were released by fisherfolks in the coastal village of Candiis in the town of Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental, on Friday afternoon. Rolando Pagara, a village council member,[…]
Biodiversity · Health · Waste · Water
Manila, Philippines – Over the weekend, environmental organization Greenpeace Philippines will be opening its most iconic ship, the Rainbow Warrior, to the public. The Rainbow Warrior is coming back to[…]
By Johnna Villaviray Giolagon, VERA Files Come Feb. 10, when the townsfolk of Bacolor go to the San Guillermo Parish Church for their fiesta celebration, they will enter the worship[…]
By COOPER RESABAL, Vera Files (Oct. 19, 2018) BORACAY–Residents and employees of tourist establishments wear masks as they pass through diggings, or ride e-trikes over dusty roads to prevent possible[…]
Biodiversity · Waste · Water
By BONG SARMIENTO MANILA, Philippines — Freedom Island is drowning in garbage. The last coastal frontier in the Philippine capital provides refuge to migratory birds and a thick mangrove forest[…]
