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THE UPS AND DOWNS OF BIOTECH CROPS

By Armando A. MortejoThey are safe to eat – much more safe than street foods.  They can help arrest world hunger.  More importantly, they...

AIR POLLUTION:

KILLING YOU SOFTLY By Armando A. MortejoOne Wednesday morning in October 1948, a heavy smog – produced when sunlight reacts with hydrocarbon compounds and...

SAVE OUR DYING RIVERS – NOW!

By Armando A. MortejoIf the Philippines will not protect its rivers and rehabilitate those dying and dead ones, the people will definitely face a...

SAVE THE TARSIER

By Armando A. MortejoFilipinos should refrain from taking wildlife species from their natural habitat as they are “very sensitive and will not live long,”...

Global warming disastrous to agriculture, too!

By Armando A. Mortejo“I’m more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict,” United Nations weapons inspector Hanx Blix once...

The looming power crisis

By Armando A. Mortejo“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to...

THE BOON AND BLIGHT OF PLASTICS

"The continued use of plastic bags have created many problems, foremost of which is the way they take up landfill space, where it will...

S0S: SAVE OUR SOIL

By Armando A. Mortejo“We are part of God’s creation, and God gave it to us to take care of it. And we’ve done a...

WITHOUT TREES

By Armando A. MortejoLast of 2 Parts“Migration accounted for the bulk of the upland population growth,” said Ma. Concepcion Cruz, who made an extensive...

WITHOUT TREES

By Armando A. MortejoFirst of Two parts“What now remains compared with what then existed is like the skeleton of a sick man, all fat...