SPECKS OF LIFE
“Disiplina ang kailangan” haunts us
“Pag lumabisna ang salop, ito ay kinakalos.”
This is an old saying handed down from my father who learned it from...
THINK ON THESE
THE THREAT OF DENGUE
When six-year-old Cassie was brought to a town hospital in Bansalan, Davao del Sur, last August, she was very weak. She...
THINK ON THESE: FEEDING A GROWING POPULATION (Part 3)
The Washington, D.C.-based International Food and Policy Research Institute anticipated that food prices would either decline or remain steady, over the next 20 years.
This...
THINK ON THESE: Feeding a growing population (Part 2)
Trees have become another victim of forest clearance for cash cropping, biofuels, oil and human settlement.
Seen by Frank Lloyd Wright as the “best friend...
Understanding Islam: Is Islam Sexist?
Other than terrorism, sexism or being anti-women is one of the allegations often hurled at Islam and the Muslims. Women’s groups, in particular, are...
MY TWO CENTS’: Time for an agricultural renaissance
We've all heard how old our farmers have become and we have seen how in the last decade until 2016 our agriculture production actually...
THINK ON THESE: Feeding a growing population (Part 1)
20Malthusian fears that population growth will outstrip food supplies have been widely discounted as food production has kept well ahead of growing human numbers...
THINK ON THESE: Watch out for leptospirosis
With rainy season around, typhoons and floods are not far behind. As more typhoons are expected before the year ends, floods will become a...
THINK ON THESE: On renewable energy
“We are a country rich in renewable energy, the amount of sun and wind is more than enough to power our entire country many times...
Pinoy Marino Rights: Sefarer’s legal issues
By Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho
The seafarer, like other OFWs, is often looked up to as one of today’s heroes who, through the huge remittances...
