TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol – Government officials, volunteers and residents joined a coastal cleanup on Panglao Island, one of the country’s favorite tourist destinations plagued with environmental problems. Hundreds of volunteers composed of students, the public and authorities gathered on Panglao beach early Monday to collect garbage at the coastlines. Tarcisia Guirigay, 65, a resident of Barangay Tawala in Panglao town, woke up at 5 a.m. on Tuesday to join her neighbors in picking up garbage along the coastline. It cannot be prevented that tourists would throw their garbage anywhere because they don’t know where to put these,” she added. Among the trash she picked up were cigarette butts, plastic beverage bottles and other plastic containers which were segregated properly.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 06, 2018 06:11 UTC