THE world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South.
It’s enough pollution each year — about 52 million metric tons — to fill New York City’s Central Park with plastic waste as high as the Empire State Building, researchers at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom said.
DARAGA, Albay — Dee Jai, an artist from Bicol, quietly observed a group of kids deeply engrossed in their artwork, oblivious to the thick mud and puddles of murky water that surround the makeshift art […]
MANILA, Philippines — The combined effects of the low pressure area (LPA) off Samar and the southwest monsoon or “habagat” will bring isolated and scattered rain showers in most parts of the archipelago, the state-run […]
MANILA, Philippines — Flooding in Malabon City’s two flood-prone villages is expected to be significantly minimized with the opening of two newly built pumping stations worth P26.6 million, Mayor Jeannie Sandoval said Sunday. Sandoval said […]
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