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                    [Title] => Filipinos urged to end ‘toxic’ relationship with plastic on Valentine’s Day
                    [Summary] => As Filipinos celebrate Valentine’s Day with their loved ones, an environmental group offers a unique suggestion: break up with single-use plastics. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-14 19:05:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805246
                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
                    [SectionName] => Climate and Environment
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                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/02/14/valentines-ecowaste_2024-02-14_19-02-42_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [Title] => 'Aquaman,' 'Game of Thrones' star Jason Momoa cuts braids for a cause
                    [Summary] => "Aquaman" actor Jason Momoa did it again.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-09-07 15:22:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807004
                    [AuthorName] => Kathleen A. Llemit
                    [SectionName] => Lifestyle
                    [SectionUrl] => lifestyle
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/09/06/jason-momoa-plastic-web_2022-09-06_17-54-54_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2137087
                    [Title] => Phase out single-use plastic packaging, corporations urged
                    [Summary] => In a joint statement released ahead of the United Nations climate summit, over 50 organizations urged consumer goods companies such as Nestle, Coca-Cola and Unilever to phase out single-use plastics and adopt reuse system.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-10-27 18:44:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805246
                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
                    [SectionName] => Climate and Environment
                    [SectionUrl] => climate-and-environment
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                    [ArticleID] => 2137065
                    [Title] => Youth, groups seek writ of kalikasan for government action vs plastic pollution
                    [Summary] => Fifty-two petitioners, led by Oceana Philippines, asked the Supreme Court to grant their petition for a writ of kalikasan and a writ of continuing mandamus for the NSWMC’s “inaction” on the issuance of non-environmentally acceptable products and packaging (NEAPP).
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-10-27 16:49:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805246
                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
                    [SectionName] => Climate and Environment
                    [SectionUrl] => climate-and-environment
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                    [ArticleID] => 2127300
                    [Title] => Gov't urged to mandate plastic reduction as part of urgent climate action
                    [Summary] => In a statement, Greenpeace said the government needs to “mandate plastic reduction and reuse systems in the consumer goods industry to prevent further global heating.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-09-15 12:01:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805246
                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/09/15/gen6-plastic-bag-ban2018-09-1122-58-182021-06-2908-43-47_2021-09-15_11-53-08891_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [Title] => On Month of the Ocean, groups call for policies that will protect country's seas
                    [Summary] => The groups warned that uncontrolled production and use of single-use plastics and indiscriminate disposal of plastic and other pollutants pose threat to the health of the world’s oceans as well as the survival of humans and other life forms. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-05-07 12:39:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805246
                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2020/05/07/gen11-plastic-pollution2018-06-1422-59-232019-03-0814-39-042019-03-0815-13-13-12019-11-0713-55-24_2020-05-07_12-28-09681_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1996277
                    [Title] => Champion rowing team of cancer survivors also battles plastic pollution
                    [Summary] => Lawyer Gloria Estenzo Ramos, vice president of Oceana Philippines, said that policymakers should take inspiration from the Pink Paddlers team who continue "to be an active part of the solution in fighting perils of plastics pollution."
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-03-04 09:30:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805248
                    [AuthorName] => Kristine Joy Patag
                    [SectionName] => Science and Environment
                    [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2020/02/26/cebu-pink-panthers-clean-2487_2020-02-26_18-03-16840_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1997647
                    [Title] => Supreme Court bans single-use plastics in its offices
                    [Summary] => The Supreme Court yesterday announced that it has banned unnecessary single-use plastics in its offices, as the high court works toward turning the judiciary into a more environment-friendly government branch. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-03-03 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804762
                    [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2020/03/02/sc_2020-03-02_22-08-57241_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1986621
                    [Title] => 7 in 10 Filipinos want ban on single-use plastics, survey says
                    [Summary] => Sando bags (71%) topped the list of materials that should be regulated or used less, according to the survey’s 1,800 respondents.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-01-21 15:33:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805246
                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2020/01/21/gen11-plastic-pollution2018-06-1422-59-232019-03-0814-39-042019-03-0815-13-13-12019-11-0713-55-24_2020-01-21_15-21-17731_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1975278
                    [Title] => Puerto Galera to strengthen enforcement of waste segregation, ban on single-use plastic
                    [Summary] => "Under the MOA, Puerto Galera shall strengthen strict enforcement of waste segregation at source and prohibition on the use of single use/disposable plastics such as plastic bags, cups, straws, and stirrers which often end up polluting lands and seas," DENR says.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-12-08 10:04:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/12/08/volunteers-segregating-trash-puerto-galera_2019-12-08_10-10-44_thumbnail.jpg
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