ENVIRONMENT: Water crisis is for real
Three in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, according...
ENVIRONMENT: Ozone layer: Save our shield
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are man-made chemical compounds commonly used in the foam, refrigeration, and air conditioning sector. Unfortunately, recent studies have shown that HCFCs destroy...
ENVIRONMENT: June 9: Coral Triangle Day
If there’s Bermuda Triangle in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, there is Coral Triangle in the western part of Pacific Ocean.
But...
ENVIRONMENT: June 8: World Oceans Day
Since its original proposal in 1992 by Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, World Oceans Day has been unofficially celebrated...
Spare Narra trees in front of school: IDIS
Environment advocacy group Interface Development Interventions (IDIS), Inc., is urging the Department of Public Works and Highways 11 (DPWH 11) to review its road...
Hinatuan Mining’s version of a ‘Miyawaki’ forest
Miyawaki is a technique, pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, on how to grow plants and build forests 10 times faster. The concept is...
PAGASA raises La Niña warning in late October
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio disclosed that the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced that current conditions and model forecasts show there is...
PANDEMIC WASTE
If you think Covid-19 pandemic is a threat to humans alone, wait until you know how it poses risk to the environment.
While everyone...
Davao de Oro intensifies efforts against ASF
The provincial government of Davao de Oro is intensifying efforts against African Swine Fever (ASF) starting with the prohibition on the use of swill...
DAYS OF BIG RAINS
Three’s a company, so goes the title of a popular American television show. In the Philippines, disaster comes together in three forms: typhoon, rain,...