Miss Scuba Philippines 2018 appeals: 'Avoid using plastic'
A forensic anthropologist from Aklan will represent the Philippines in the 8th Miss Scuba International pageant which will be held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, as she steps up the campaign to discourage the public from using plastic, still one of the major irritants in marine preservation these days. "Right now, the Philippines is third largest contributor of plastic in the ocean. So we’re really trying to get out of the top 3 zone. At the same time, the Philippines is blessed with a lot of beautiful ocean and seas but we are not taking care of it as we should," says Noelle Fuentes Uy-Tuazon, during her exclusive press send-off at Rufo's Famous Tapa in Makati City last Sunday. The finals will be held on Nov. 17. In a recent report, Ocean Conservancy claims that China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are spewing out as much as 60 percent of the plastic waste that enters the world’s seas. “At this rate, we would expect nearly one ton of plastic ...