Solar lamps end estero’s dark, dirty past
By Erika Sauler
Residents of a creekside community in Manila received the gift of light for the New Year with the installation of the first solar-powered street lamps in the city.
Residents of a creekside community in Manila received the gift of light for the New Year with the installation of the first solar-powered street lamps in the city.
A comunity along Estero de Paco in Manila became the first residential area to bask in the glow of LED or light-emitting diode lights under a rehabilitation program for the Pasig River tributary.
After cleaning up the trash-filled Estero de Paco, the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) is setting its sight on another eyesore—Estero de San Miguel, the tributary behind Malacañang Palace.
The century-old Paco public market, once a cultural landmark in Manila and now a major source of pollution in the Pasig River, will undergo a makeover in the next 10 years under an agreement between the city government and ABS-CBN Foundation headed by green advocate Gina Lopez.
