Green Economy Philippines

Catalysts are key to initiating and pushing forward initiatives. The green champions of Surigao del Norte are key to the greening of the province. They served as models, motivators and inspiration to go green. ProGED Project recognizes the key champions in the province: Gov Sol Matugas, represented by Vice Gov Egay, Mrs Concepcion Paqueo of Surigao Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Engr Elmo Tecson of CENRO and the owners of D'Islandersville Pension Hauz, Ocean 101 Resort, Sta Fe Homestay and Mt Bagarabon Beach Resort. The certificate of recognition were awarded by DTI Provincial Director Rene Negapatan, Ramil Leonas of DTI Caraga Region and Raquel Capio of GIZ ProGED Project.

Atty Helen Catalbas of DOT Reg 6, Rose Depra of Negros Economic Development Foundation, Ma Teresa Solis of DA Reg 6, Naomi Cosette Luis of DOST, Jesse Vego Asst Regional Director for Technical Services of DENR Reg 6 guested in a sofa session hosted by Provincial Director Ermie Pollentes of DTI Capiz. They discussed how their individual organizations/agencies are promoting GED.

Lawig Katawhan: ICYMI: Marine pollution bill gets lower house's nod, now awaits Senate version.

Days after assuming office, Rep. Lawrence "Law" Fortun filed House bill 861 entitled “An Act to Prevent and Control Pollution from Ships, Provide Penalties Therefor and Other Purposes”. The said piece of legislation aims to remedy the shortcomings of the 1976 Presidential Decree 979 and more significantly, seeks to implement the provision of the MARPOL 73/78, otherwise known as the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973, as amended by the Protocol of 1978. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Ecology last July 24, 2013, and was consolidated together with other versions into its current version which is HB 5377.

In several radio interviews, Rep. Lawrence Lemuel H. Fortun announced that the proposed legislation on prevention and control of marine pollution (MARPOL) successfully hurdled scrutiny of the lower house and is now awaiting Senate’s version.

The announcement was made days before President Benigno S. Aquino delivered his last State of the Nation Address and opens the third regular session of the 16th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. The MARPOL bill is believed to be one of the legislative measures to be passed by senate in the coming sessions.

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GENEVA/PHILIPPINES– July 25, 2016: UNDP and Impact Hub are joining forces to launch the platform aimed at supporting and promoting the most promising impact-driven ventures across the globe who focus on tackling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Five entrepreneurs, selected with the support of the global Impact Hub network, will have the opportunity to participate in the inaugural Social Good Summit Geneva, Switzerland on October 6th 2016.

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Ms. Edna Lee, General Manager of West Gorordo Hotel, The Mayflower Inn and Elicon House which are all ZCR members in Cebu shared their energy and resource efficiency practices and ZCR experiences to inspire tourism establishment participants.