The Commission on Elections (Comelec) hoped to implement internet voting for overseas voters for the 2025 elections, hoping to bring down costs while encouraging higher turnout. But Malacañang has scrapped its budget. 

The Philippine Energy Plan, which will be unveiled this month, may offer long term solutions.

‘There are some companies, which may not have sustainability as a priority, that are still in denial that they are mandated to do the EPR law,’ says Crispin Lao, executive director of the Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability.

Quezon City is paying an average of P1.6 billion annually for solid waste management. An imperfect new law mandating plastic producing companies to collect their materials – if strictly implemented – could reduce waste in landfills and provide financial respite to LGUs.

Speaker Romualdez has neither confirmed nor denied the reported $1 million donation, which amounts to around 10% of his declared total net worth as of 2016.