Canada hires company to take back trash from Philippines by end of JuneMANILA, Philippines — Canada has beaten the Philippines in looking for a shipping firm that would take back the remaining 69 containers of garbage from the Southeast Asian country. On Wednesday, Malacañang announced that President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the appropriate government agency to look for a private shipping company to return the trash to the North American country. Shortly after this announcement, the Canadian government announced that it has hired a company to repatriate the waste illegally shipped to the Philippines between 2013 and 2014. "The Government of Canada maintains ongoing discussions with the Government of the Philippines to ensure a positive outcome to this issue in a timely fashion," the Canada said. Locsin said the Philippines will maintain a diminished diplomatic presence in Canada until the garbage row is resolved.

Source: Philippine Star May 23, 2019 01:47 UTC