BIGGER PICTURE: SAAD: Fulfilling A Promise
“I work a lot in the slums of Tondo,
Manila, and the life there is very poor and very sad,” Miss Philippines
Catriona Gray replied. “I’ve...
CLIMATE CHANGE: ENDING POSSIBLE APOCALYPSE
“We are encouraging all government agencies and offices and local
government units to establish rainwater collection systems, protect our
biological diversity, adopt energy efficiency measures, undertake...
A tribute to Sir Efren
By FRANCES MAE GEVERA-MACAPAGAT
PIA Davao office has become what it
is now because of Director Efren. Long before the growth of social media, he
has already...
True colors: A closer look at poll ‘hotspots’
It is that time again when Filipinos choose their next leaders. In the Philippines, the election season, which happens every three years, spells a...
Environment: Biodegradable Substitute to Synthetic Plastics Developed
Plastic is now one of the country’s top pollutants of canals, rivers, and other waterways. Unfortunately, most of these buoyant materials end up in...
BIGGER PICTURE: UNDERSTANDING WHAT LOVE REALLY IS!
What really love is? Do people really know what it
is?
Love is perhaps the most intimate and deepest emotion a person
experiences and yet it continues to...
ENVIRONMENT: SAVING ECOLOGICALLY-FRAGILE CORAL REEFS(Last of Three Parts)
CORAL reefs are the marine equivalent of rainforests and considered one of the planet's essential life-support systems. These “biological wonders,” as environmental author Don...
ENVIRONMENT: SAVING ECOLOGICALLY-FRAGILE CORAL REEFS (Second of Three Parts)
In July last year, Romina Lim posted in her Facebook account
some photos of Tubipora and Heliopora corals
that were “exported” from the Philippines in a gift shop in Long...
BIGGER PICTURE: A SEASON OF FLOODS
Photos by IDS-Comval
With rainy season around, typhoons and floods are not far behind. As more
typhoons – 15 or less – are expected before the...
ENVIRONMENT: THE LOOMING WATER CRISIS (Last of Three Parts)
“Although
climate change and water are related, water has no
substitutes. We can transition away from coal and oil to solar, wind and
other renewable energy sources. But there is no...