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News in Pictures: April 27, 2024

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April 27, 2024
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RECYCLING: AN INDUSTRY At a recycling facility of Toplun Plastic Corp. in Valenzuela City, a worker on Thursday shovels plastic bottles onto one of several conveyors, while other workers segregate used plastics and cans. Delivery trucks (extreme left) regularly stop by the recycling facility, bringing recyclable garbage bought from junk shops. Plastics that could still be used are grinded into flakes (left), which are packed into jumbo bags up to 600 kilos each for their export as textile materials, among other uses, to Taiwan, the United States, Canada and other countries. Toplun encourages communities to observe waste segregation and plastic recycling, although this endeavor has not yet been incentivized enough so that residents throughout the country are encouraged to offer their garbage for recycling. —PHOTOS BY LYN RILLON

 

EVERY LANE COUNTS A cyclist avails himself of the bicycle lane along Edsa-Guadalupe on Wednesday. Transport authorities are considering changing the bike lane on the beltway into a motorcycle lane. According to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, only 1,500 cyclists use the bike lane daily compared with 170,000 motorcycle riders passing through Edsa every day. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

 

PRESSURE ON ENVIRONMENT CHIEF Environmental groups hold a news conference in Quezon City on Wednesday, as they issue a manifesto demanding that Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga “change or resign,” citing her lack of engagement in environmental issues affecting the country. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

 

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NO RESPITE FROM HEAT Under the noonday sun on Thursday, a lineman removes old wires from a power pylon festooned with electric meters in Manila, while visitors at Arroceros Park bring with them a rechargeable electric fan to beat the heat as temperatures in the capital region rise 35 to 36 degrees Celsius this week. Amid the intense heat aggravated by the El Niño phenomenon, electricity use remains high despite the critical level of power supply, with the country’s power grids time and again placed on red or yellow alert. —PHOTOS BY NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

 

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