Manila is the Toxic Capital of the Philippines

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Lito Atienza said those words at the height of the Pandacan Oil Depot issue.
In that issue, Atienza’s rival, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, upheld the decision of the city council to keep the oil depot within the city after citing the economic benefits that the depot brings. Lim’s [...]

Manila Must be Cleaned

Last Wednesday we were sent by our boss to the Coast and Geodetic Survey Division of NAMRIA which is located somewhere in Binondo. All is fine from Katipunan until we reach Manila.
Ahhh…Manila. The capital of the Philippine Republic. The former mistress of South East Asia in the golden age of the Spanish Empire. Manila is [...]