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Category: Earth Files

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    Categories Earth Files News

    Illegal small-scale miners ask government to legalize their status

    By Klaire Ting  |  Oct 05, 2018 4:06 AM

    Unregulated small-scale miners are appealing to the government to help legalize their status so they can continue operating under the state’s supervision and not face work suspension, as what happened to the small-scale miners in the Cordillera region.

    Itogon, Small-scale mining PH

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    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    From gold ore, back to golden rice grain

    By Maria Elena Catajan  |  Sep 30, 2018 12:25 PM

    A mining town now wants a return to farming.

    earthfiles, Itogon

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    Categories Earth Files

    Philippine journalists to revisit ‘cold’ environment disasters

    By VERA Files' Earth Files team  |  Sep 17, 2018 11:14 PM

    MANILA – For the 18 journalists and journalism students who attended VERA Files’ training workshop on Reporting “Cold” Environment Cases at the Richmonde Hotel in Pasig City last June 28, it was a look-back, a review, and for some, a jarring reminder of the horrors of covering an environmental disaster.

    Earth Files

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    Categories Earth Files FACT CHECK News SONA 2017 Promise Tracker

    SONA 2017 PROMISE TRACKER: Environment

    By Maria Feona Imperial  |  Jul 19, 2018 8:38 PM

    SONA 2017 promises on the environment

    Duterte, environment, SONA promise tracker

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    Categories Earth Files News

    Emergency assistance for workers as Boracay cleanup gets underway

    By Imelda V. Abano  |  Apr 28, 2018 7:43 AM

    Duterte declared a state of calamity in Boracay on April 26, Day One of the six-month closure of the popular tourist destination.

    Boracay, environment

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    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    PHOTOS: Students, teachers help in massive cleanup of classrooms in storm-hit Biliran

    By DANIEL ABUNALES  |  Jan 05, 2018 5:43 AM

    The damage, however, was too extensive in some areas.

    Biliran, disaster, Urduja

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    Categories Earth Files News

    VIDEO: Biliran after Urduja

    By Jeffrey Jaculbe  |  Dec 28, 2017 4:57 PM

    Retrieval operations in some areas where landslides occurred are still ongoing as 14 people remain missing.

    disaster, Disaster Preparedness, disaster risk reduction

  • Categories Earth Files News

    First-ever nationwide climate change and disaster risk forum mum on PWD rights

    By Maria Feona Imperial  |  Dec 11, 2017 5:51 PM

    The sector, considered the world’s biggest minority, was only mentioned in passing.

    Climate Change, Disability

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    Categories Earth Files News PWD Files

    Evacuation centers, relief goods not PWD-inclusive

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL and YVETTE MORALES  |  Sep 28, 2017 12:32 PM

    Some of the PWDs would rather stay with relatives or generous neighbors due to inaccessible shelters

    disaster, Disaster Preparedness, disaster risk reduction, PWD, PWDs

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    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick News PWD Files

    PWDs left behind in Marikina’s disaster preparedness efforts

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL and YVETTE B. MORALES  |  Sep 27, 2017 4:09 PM

    For a disaster resilience model, Marikina City falls behind the ideal in preparing people with disabilities (PWDs) for disasters.

    Disaster Preparedness, disaster risk reduction, Marikina, PWD, PWDs

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