THE Metro Manila Development Authority on Sunday urged other local governments to follow the example of the cities of Muntinlupa, Taguig, Quezon and Makati to ban plastic bags, styrofoam and other plastic disposables by 2013.
Chairman Francis Tolentino said the rest of Metro Manila’s components Mandaluyong, Las Piñas, Manila, Pateros, Valenzuela, San Juan, Pasig, Marikina, Caloocan, Parañaque, Navotas, Pasay and Malabon should support an all-out ban on plastics.
“I expect next year the 17 local government units would all be simultaneously i mplementing the ban,” Tolentino said during his agency’s regular radio program.
“Muntinlupa initiated the effort followed by Las Piñas and Taguig.”
Tolentino said Makati and Quezon City had their own ordinances banning plastic bags by 2013, and had given their constituents a year to prepare for the ban’s implementation.
He urged the mayors to have their own plans to ease the harmful effects of global warming and climate change.
He said he had met with Lucille Sering, vice chairman of the Climate Change Commission, to discuss the potential economic impact of disasters on climate change.
“Our main discussion focused on the increased involvement of the local government units in Metro Manila to take action toward responding to the call to mitigate climate change,” Tolentino. Rio N. Araja, Manila Standard Today
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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