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 the...
SAVING OUR ENDANGERED CORAL REEFS
(First of Two Parts)
Almost a decade ago, a group came to the town of Malita, Davao Occidental in southern Philippines. Their purpose: to survey...
Why trees matter in medicine?
Why there is so much ado about trees? Everyone knows trees are utilized in building houses, making bridges and furniture, and cooking foods. In...
ENVIRONMENT: UNDERSTANDING THE RED TIDE MENACE
Recently, Business Mirror carried a news report stating that the shellfish harvested from Hinatuan Bay in Surigao del Sur are already safe for eating. The lifting...
ENVIRONMENT: Water crisis in the offing
“The world has got a very big water problem. It will be the progenitor of more wars than oil.” – Sir Crispin Tickell, one of the organizers...
ENVIRONMENT: THIS TOXIC CHEMICAL CALLED DIOXIN
“I renew my call to national and local authorities to enforce the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act that intends to mainstream effective waste management...
BIGGER PICTURE: Protecting child passengers in moving vehicles
“By the year 2020, if current trends continue, the annual number of deaths and disabilities from road traffic injuries will have risen by more...
Duterte, SAP Go Extends goods at DavOr’s Outreach Program
DAVAO ORIENTAL—The Office of the President, through the office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP), has become the newest partner of the...
Sharks swimming into extinction?
Last August 7, a dead 14-feet whale shark washed ashore at Sitio Cabugan, Barangay Busaon in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, was found.
“It died of toxic...
ENVIRONMENT: THE THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
A few days before President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his third State of the Nation Address (SONA), Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said the current...