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FANS FOR SALE. A woman chooses from a collection of native fans being sold by hawkers in front of Sangguniang Panlungsod in Davao City on Tuesday. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Ending violence against women

In one of the most popular movies of Robin Padilla, the actor said: “Ang babae, minamahal ‘yan, hindi sinasaktan.” (A woman is to be loved and not to be hurt.)

ENVIRONMENT: Rise of e-cars challenges the world’s thirst for oil

In the early years of US oil production in the late 19th century, gasoline was considered a useless byproduct of kerosene that would be...

CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES: Health hitches

“As climate change alters rainfall patterns and brings deadly, intensified and frequent calamities, it will affect public health.” Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the...

ENVIRONMENT: Countdown still on for vanishing wildlife

The Philippines, touted to be the Pear of the Orient Seas, maybe abundant of natural resources but these may soon be gone if Filipinos...

ENVIRONMENT: When sea level rises

When the Pangi River in Davao City swelled to new heights in June 2011, 29 people lost their lives and 50,000 residents had to...

ENVIRONMENT: Moving toward a blue economy

To harness the vast resources offered by the seas and oceans from fisheries to mineral deposits, the Department of Science and Technology-National Academy of...

ENVIRONMENT: Sunscreens can obliterate coral reefs

Generally, fishermen who use cyanide and dynamite to catch fish are almost blamed for the annihilation of the ecologically-fragile coral reefs. Unknowingly, people...

ENVIRONMENT: Countdown still on for vanishing wildlife

The Philippines, touted to be the Pear of the Orient Seas, maybe abundant of natural resources but these may soon be gone if Filipinos...
NUMBERED DAYS. A smoker takes a puff from a cigarette in Davao City yesterday. Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said President Duterte is set to sign an executive order on nationwide smoking ban soon. LEAN DAVAL JR.

The banning of tobacco smoking

“A cigarette is the only consumer product which, when used as desired, kills its consumer.” -- Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former WHO director-general. *** Just a...

Marilog District soon to be regreened

“Don’t cut down trees.” Those were the words her father used to tell when Cecilia Dacillo was still young. Today, she’s reiterating...