Supreme Court’s “Writ of Kalikasan”, First in the World

The Supreme Court of the Philippines thru Chief Justice Reynato Puno announced that they will come up with set of rules on cases concerning the protection and preservation of the environment which will be known as “Writ of Kalikasan’ (Writ of Nature).

Puno told the audience in a forum on transformation leadership that he is set to leave a lasting legacy before he retires on May 17.  Such new writ, once approved by the Supreme Court, will be the very first in the world that would promulgate a new set of rules “to govern the prosecution of environmental cases and that there will be a radical paradigm shift in the way these cases are being prosecuted”.

Long El Niño Expected in the Philippines

Came across this news at anuano.com and would like to share to everybody.


"Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) thru Deputy Administrator for Operations and Services Nathaniel Cruz warns the public to prepare for an early dry spell . . . "

Check it out here.

Eco- friendly celebration for Black Nazarene

Environmental group Eco-waste has called all Quiapo devotees to be eco-advocates when they participate in the Black Nazarene procession this Saturday, January 9 with an appeal to prevent a repeat of last year's trash after the parade.  Record from the prevous year showed that  more than 120 tons of garbage was collected after the festivity and has utilized 19 dump trucks and around 300 street sweepers just to clean up the mess left by the crowd.

City of Manila's Public Service Department has accounted plastics, styrofoam, leftover food and cigarette butts as majority of what comprise the garbage. Hence, an appeal is made to the organizers to put garbage bins in strategic areas and to inform and encourage the participants to be wary of this environmental concern as they observe the religous feast.