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.
PRESIDENTIAL Adviser on Poverty Alleviation Lorenzo Gadon said stricter implementation of English as the sole medium of instruction in schools was crucial to improve the performance of Filipino students. “Let us strictly implement this because, […]
MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City authorities announced on Wednesday the arrest of two of three suspects who robbed, stabbed, and seriously wounded an 18-year-old female student of the University of the Philippines in Diliman. Brig. […]
UNITED NATIONS — Nearly half a billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year — or more — than their grandparents did, the UN said Tuesday, warning of deadly consequences. […]
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