A coalition of environmental groups has given President Rodrigo Duterte “good ratings” in his first 100 days in office, saying reforms to solve many of the country’s environmental problems have been initiated by the Duterte administration. Kalikasan claimed that the war games have led to hazardous-waste dumping and other environmental degradations over the years. The coalition, however, gave the Duterte administration “black” marks on the issues of energy, national greening program, logging and killings and trumped-up charges against environmentalists. But Eco-Challenge, a broad national coalition of 40 pro-environment and pro-people groups of which Kalikasan is a member, commends the Duterte administration for walking the talk of environmental reforms. Boboy Sombero, a City Hall employee, however, said Duterte failed in his target performance especially in good governance, economy, health, education and social services.

Source: Manila Times October 07, 2016 13:41 UTC