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By virtue of Executive Order No. 226, 117 became the official national emergency telephone number of the Philippines on July 14, 2003. [7] The ₱1.4 billion project was completed on August 2, 2003, with the opening of a new 117 call center in Quezon City, serving the entire Metro Manila area. [2]
According to Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the country produces an average of 41 kilotons of garbage daily with almost 10 ktons/day coming from Metro Manila alone. [48] As of May 2024, there are 296 garbage disposal sites in the Philippines.
8888, also known as the Citizens ' Complaint Hotline and the President's Hotline, is a 24/7 national public service hotline operated by the government of the Philippines.It was introduced on August 1, 2016, by President Rodrigo Duterte to allow the public to report poor government front-line service delivery and corrupt practices in all government agencies, government-owned and controlled ...
The landslide prompted the passage of Republic Act No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, [7] which mandates the closure of open dumpsites in the Philippines by 2004 and controlled dumpsites by 2006. [8] In 2004, the Payatas dumpsite was reconfigured as a controlled disposal facility [7] but was closed in December 2010. [9]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources was first established on January 1, 1916, as the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) through the enactment of Act No. 2666 by the Philippine Commission, otherwise known as "An Act to Re-organize the Executive Department of the Government of the Philippine Islands," on November 18, 1916.
The Environment Agency has been combating a "pollution incident" in a river which flows through a university city. Officials said the pollution was reported at Baits Bite Lock on the River Cam in ...
The warnings come in the Environment Agency’s third adaptation report, submitted to the Government under the Climate Change Act. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.
The Environment Agency has announced there will be 30 extra officers in the East of England who will focus on investigating pollution incidents by the water industry.