Marit Cabugon
@maritcabugon.bsky.social
Columnist of The Manila Times
Thoughts on some recent news i Cebu: High-rise beach resort in Cebu. Yes or no? www.manilatimes.net/2025/08/25/o...
The Stria controversy
The Stria controversy
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August 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thoughts on some recent news i Cebu: High-rise beach resort in Cebu. Yes or no? www.manilatimes.net/2025/08/25/o...
It is simple: "Without cutting plastic production, we won't be able to end plastic pollution." #plasticstreaty #CourageNotCompromise #inc5_2
Article 6(Supply)
Without cutting plastic production, we won't be able to end plastic pollution.
✅Most countries support plastic reduction targets
💸The net cost of failing to reduce plastic production could be up to 2x the cost of reduction measures
PLASTIC CUTS NOW!
#CourageNotCompromise #inc5_2
Without cutting plastic production, we won't be able to end plastic pollution.
✅Most countries support plastic reduction targets
💸The net cost of failing to reduce plastic production could be up to 2x the cost of reduction measures
PLASTIC CUTS NOW!
#CourageNotCompromise #inc5_2
August 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
It is simple: "Without cutting plastic production, we won't be able to end plastic pollution." #plasticstreaty #CourageNotCompromise #inc5_2
Plastic pollutes from cradle to grave. We need cuts on plastic production now. No to compromise. Yes to a strong #PlasticsTreaty
August 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Plastic pollutes from cradle to grave. We need cuts on plastic production now. No to compromise. Yes to a strong #PlasticsTreaty
The world is watching. Don't let us down. A meaningful Global Plastics Treaty now!
Plastics Treaty negotiators: the world is watching.
Fix the process. Keep your promise.
Deliver a treaty that truly ends plastic pollution — from production to disposal. 🌍✊ #PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic
Link to press statement: www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/08/09/p...
Fix the process. Keep your promise.
Deliver a treaty that truly ends plastic pollution — from production to disposal. 🌍✊ #PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic
Link to press statement: www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/08/09/p...
August 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The world is watching. Don't let us down. A meaningful Global Plastics Treaty now!
"The world can now see clearly: plastics and the climate crisis are fueled by the fossil fuel industry."
"The world can now see clearly: plastics and the climate crisis are fueled by the fossil fuel industry. A handful of companies are impacting billions of lives," said Laurianne Trimoulla with the @gallifreyone.bsky.social Foundation. "We need a robust & legally binding #PlasticsTreaty now!" (3/5)
August 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"The world can now see clearly: plastics and the climate crisis are fueled by the fossil fuel industry."
The world needs a strong, meaningful Global Plastics Treaty now!
✊ One day before the final round of negotiations for a Global #PlasticsTreaty start, hundreds of citizens and civil society organisations gathered at the UN Place des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, to demand an ambitious & legally binding treaty! www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/08/05/s... (1/5)
August 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The world needs a strong, meaningful Global Plastics Treaty now!
Cebu City's garbage problem - we need a Global Plastics Treaty to fix it for real. www.manilatimes.net/2025/08/04/o...
Global Plastics Treaty the only sustainable way out of garbage mess
TOMORROW, Aug. 5, is the first day of Part 2 of the 5th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop a Global Plastics Treaty. Will INC-5.2 be able to deliver a deal that wi...
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August 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Cebu City's garbage problem - we need a Global Plastics Treaty to fix it for real. www.manilatimes.net/2025/08/04/o...
Know who are your friends and who isn't. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order and its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.
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July 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Know who are your friends and who isn't. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
We love the United Nations but please drop incineration, including "waste-to-energy" incineration. It is anything but zero waste. It is harmful to environment and health, very costly, and promotes wasteful consumption.
📢 Civil Society to UN-HABITAT: Drop "Waste-to-Energy", Support Real Zero Waste Solutions!
GAIA and over 100 civil society groups across five continents are calling on UN-HABITAT to stop promoting "waste-to-energy" incineration—a harmful, outdated, and unjust approach to waste management.
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GAIA and over 100 civil society groups across five continents are calling on UN-HABITAT to stop promoting "waste-to-energy" incineration—a harmful, outdated, and unjust approach to waste management.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
We love the United Nations but please drop incineration, including "waste-to-energy" incineration. It is anything but zero waste. It is harmful to environment and health, very costly, and promotes wasteful consumption.
Another outrageous and disturbing piece of news. www.philstar.com/headlines/cl...
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'
President Donald Trump on Friday raged against eco-friendly paper straws promoted by his predecessor Joe Biden, and pledged that the United States would return to plastic ones.
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February 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Another outrageous and disturbing piece of news. www.philstar.com/headlines/cl...
This is shocking and disturbing. Exclusive: DOGE Staffers Appear to Have Admin Accounts at Department of Education as Trump Seeks to Abolish It zeteo.com/p/doge-staff...
Exclusive: DOGE Staffers Appear to Have Admin Accounts at Department of Education as Trump Seeks to Abolish It
A group of Democratic lawmakers were locked out of the department on Friday after demanding a meeting with the acting Education Secretary Denise L. Carter, they said.
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February 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is shocking and disturbing. Exclusive: DOGE Staffers Appear to Have Admin Accounts at Department of Education as Trump Seeks to Abolish It zeteo.com/p/doge-staff...
Pass SB 1979. We obviously need it. All the numbers say so. www.manilatimes.net/2025/01/27/o...
Filipino children need to know about sex and sexuality
IN October 2024, the Norwegian police released a report on Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (Osaec) committed by Norwegian men. The Philippines was identified as a favorite supplier of...
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January 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Pass SB 1979. We obviously need it. All the numbers say so. www.manilatimes.net/2025/01/27/o...
My piece in today’s edition of The Manila Times www.manilatimes.net/2024/08/05/o...
Medical cannabis one step closer to becoming legal
AFTER many years in the making, the Access to Medical Cannabis Act finally made it through the House of Representatives. The law passed on third and final reading with 177 House members voting in favo...
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August 4, 2024 at 9:45 PM
My piece in today’s edition of The Manila Times www.manilatimes.net/2024/08/05/o...
Thitu in the South China Sea as dump for nuclear waste? www.manilatimes.net/2024/07/22/o...
Pag-asa as nuclear waste dump? A terrible idea
REP. Mark Cojuangco, the chairman of the House Committee on Nuclear Energy, has suggested that radioactive waste from a future nuclear energy plant be stored on Pag-asa Island. According to Cojuangco,...
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July 21, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Thitu in the South China Sea as dump for nuclear waste? www.manilatimes.net/2024/07/22/o...
Something about electric vehicle batteries. www.manilatimes.net/2024/07/15/o...
EV batteries are not sustainable enough
THE global market for electric vehicles (EVs) has been growing by leaps and bounds as a manifestation of our collective effort to transition toward a low-carbon way of life. However, while electric ve...
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July 17, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Something about electric vehicle batteries. www.manilatimes.net/2024/07/15/o...
My Feb. 19, 2024 column. Some thoughts on CPP-NPA recruitment and related issues www.manilatimes.net/2024/02/19/o...
February 18, 2024 at 10:06 PM
My Feb. 19, 2024 column. Some thoughts on CPP-NPA recruitment and related issues www.manilatimes.net/2024/02/19/o...