Yasmin D. Arquiza, Vera Files
Manila Times

Editor’s note: The first part reported how Davao City officials and farmers in that area are fighting aerial pesticide spraying, which they say is killing crops and making people sick. But the… Read the rest

Dino Balabo
Philippine Star

PANDI, Bulacan – About 700 drums of suspected toxic waste were discovered by local police after the arrest of eight persons who were caught red handed while dumping the same in a vacant lot here… Read the rest

Philippine Star

Thirty-six percent of Filipinos agree that pollution is “an acceptable tradeoff” for economic progress which could have implications on the government and private groups’ campaign to protect the environment, a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS)… Read the rest

Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has designated 117 trial courts as “environmental courts” to hear cases involving violations of laws protecting the country’s natural resources and to speed up their resolution.… Read the rest

Nora O. Gamolo
Manila Times

First of two parts

Government has only worsened the country’s waste problem by putting up new landfills and dumps. The solution is really to minimize garbage by reducing, reusing and recycling materials where possible,… Read the rest

Manila Times

The Philippine government has been losing around $2 million annually since 2002 and will stand to lose more until 2014 if it continues to pay for the 26 discarded incinerators that were supposed to be used to dispose… Read the rest

The Manila Times

SOME 105 victims of harmful mine tailings disposal in Calancay Bay in Santa Cruz, Marinduque, have filed a P50-billion class suit against Marcopper Mining Corp. and its Canadian parent company, Placer Dome.

Ronaldo Gutierrez, legal counsel and… Read the rest