SCITECH – Hunger is not a game
By Henrylito D. Tacio“In the last century, some highly motivated people, driven by moral outrage, decided that slavery was monstrous, unconscionable, and must be...
Is coal really the answer?
By Henrylito D. TacioThe most viable source of electricity for Mindanao is still coal. That was what President Benigno Aquino III told the local...
Empty nets
By Henrylito D. TacioFish contributes animal protein to the human diet. Generally, fish protein is recognized as a valuable ingredient in a balanced diet....
Bansalan: Davao del Sur’s green town
By Henrylito D. TacioSOME years back, friends of Leila Rispens-Noel – who was then living in the Netherlands – wanted to visit the town...
Where have all our Dugongs gone?
By Henrylito D. TacioDavao Gulf, with an area of 308,000 hectares, cuts into the island of Mindanao from the Philippine Sea. It is surrounded...
SC allows biotechnology group to intervene in Bt eggplant case
The Supreme Court (SC) has allowed a biotechnology group to intervene into the Bt eggplant case even as the Bt eggplant “ban” threatens other...
Tapping power from down under
By Henrylito D. TacioAmid the threat of a global energy crisis attributed to rapid depletion of non-renewable energy resources such as coal, oil, and...
UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE
By Henrylito D. TacioIs it global warming or climate change?“Climate change is a better choice than the term global warming because it avoids the...
10 M Filipinos go hungry each day
One in every 10 Filipinos cannot afford to eat.That's 10 million Filipinos who “do not have income adequate enough to meet basic food requirements,”...
Making sense of the MDG alphabet soup
The Philippines lags in reaching the targets of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals or MDG, according to the latest government data.The numbers come...