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pollution

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on pollution.

  2. Magalong orders crackdown on polluters

    Magalong orders crackdown on polluters

    Baguio City will file more lawsuits against residents and businesses discharging waste into waterways, as authorities intensify enforcement of environmental…

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  3. DENR, JICA eye Navotas landfill cooling ops

    DENR, JICA eye Navotas landfill cooling ops

    Environmental officials detail sanitary landfill engineering and ongoing response efforts at the Navotas landfill fire, which has affected Metro Manila air…

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  4. DENR, SMC face heat over landfill fire

    DENR, SMC face heat over landfill fire

    PhilEco maintained that operational and environmental responsibility should attach to the entity that obtained ownership and control of the site.

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  7. The air we breathe

    The air we breathe

    The situation in Cebu is not isolated. It reflects a growing trend of environmental degradation that demands our immediate attention.

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  8. HAZE lingers over Metro Manila as smoke continues to billow from the contained fire at the closed Navotas City Sanitary Landfill, prompting the Environmental Management Bureau-National Capital Region to urge residents to remain cautious and wear masks against potentially harmful air pollutants.

    Smoke, sickness fears shadow Navotas evac

    Residents displaced by the Navotas landfill fire urge a return home as DOH warns of toxic haze health risks, mental health impact, and ongoing efforts to…

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  9. COMMUTERS and pedestrians at the intersection of United Nations and Taft avenues wear masks on Saturday, 18 April 2026, as air quality levels due to the Navotas landfill fire worsened.

    Wear masks amid poor air, QC residents urged

    Quezon City residents were urged to wear masks after air quality reached “unhealthy” to “very unhealthy” levels due to smoke from the Navotas landfill fire,…

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  10. SMOKE scars the skyline as the Navotas landfill continues to smolder days after the blaze began — its toxic haze drifting across Navotas, Malabon and Obando, Bulacan, leaving nearby communities under a cloud of concern.

    SMC’s landfill grab gets smoked

    San Miguel Aerocity Inc., a powerful arm of the San Miguel Corporation empire, had long cast its eye on the landfill.

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  11. Navotas landfill operator faces sanctions

    Navotas landfill operator faces sanctions

    The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is considering administrative, civil, and criminal charges against the operator of the Navotas Sanitary…

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  17. AIR quality reaches unhealthy levels for sensitive groups.

    Morning smog blankets Manila skyline

    Smog blankets the Manila skyline on the morning of 29 January 2026, with air quality reaching levels considered unhealthy for sensitive groups. Based on data…

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