Dear PAO, I read an article last time regarding the exemption of the vintage vehicles from the Clean Air Act. I would like to ...

Republic Act (RA) 8749, otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999, mandates, among others, that "x x x No motor vehicle registration shall be issued unless such motor vehicle passes ...

With the full implementation of Republic Act 8749, otherwise known as the Clean Air Act last Jan. 1, owners of motor vehicles need to have their vehicles tested and certified for emissions ...

Civil society groups, including EcoWaste Coalition and Caritas Philippines, are calling on newly elected local officials to ...

Because of the ill-effects of smoking, as well as inhaling secondhand smoke, the government also enacted Republic Act 8749 or the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999, which bans smoking in public areas.

A network of environmental and civil society groups urged newly elected local government officials to “uphold the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable ...

FOR a while, legal minds in the Philippines were in a bit of a quandary about noise pollution. Some argued that the 1999 Clean Air Act (Republic Act 8749) defines air pollutant as any matter that is ...

They added, “The government’s failure to comply with the provisions of the above-mentioned laws (Republic Acts 9003 and 8749) will leave us with no other option but to resort to taking the ...

Despite the environmental laws prohibiting the improper disposal of rice straws, such as the Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (Republic Act 9003) and the Clean Air Act of 1999 (Republic Act 8749 ...

The Philippines is the first and only country so far to ban incineration under Republic Act No. 8749, or the Philippine Clean Air Act. In September 2020, Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian backed (Senate ...

He noted, however, that ”the emissions and pollutants of WTE plants must conform to global standards and not only the current limits” in Republic Act (RA) 8749 or the Clean Air Act of 1999. Mr.