A rise in ocean wastes. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the Bicol sector called out the region's local government unit to improve programs on solid waste management.
Barangay San Juan Baño in Pampanga planted over 1,000 forest and fruit-bearing tree seedlings in Arayat to participate in a nationwide simultaneous tree planting program.
The Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office recorded a 60% survival rate of tree seedlings that were planted in the denuded mountain areas in Pangasinan.