I was reading in the news about a company that was offering a rain water catchment and processing facility for would be buyers. This just got me thinking, is our air so polluted that we can’t even drink God given water from the clouds anymore?
My Dad worked in the island of Mindanao in the early 50’s. He was a teenager then and he contracted and suffered a severe bout of amoebiasis. Mindanao at that time was a forest, not really much development. So electricity and potable water wasn’t available yet at that time.
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Current Department of Environment and Natural Resource (DENR) secretary, Lito Atienza, announced that “Green” courts will be set up in specific places around the Philippines to specifically handle offenders of the country’s environment laws. Most specifically those who violate Republic Act (RA) No. 9275 or the Philippine Clean Water Act. He said that there are a lot of cases where those who were caught violating this law but only a few reach the country’s courts to get prosecuted.



