LANDSCAPE

OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT

We should have the national appropriation bill approved by the House of Representatives before Friday when the Special Session of the House of Representatives ends.

CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN

The Philippines has thousands of islands from the Batanes group in the north to the Tawi-Tawi group in the south. Most people are familiar with the bigger islands – Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Negros, Samar, and Mindanao. But there are thousands of other islands – 7,641 at the last official count, possibly even more at low tide.

OF TREES AND FOREST

#ASKGOYO

The leadership tussle at the House of Representatives has finally reached its much-anticipated yet totally predictable denouement.

Today, Tuesday, October 13, the Congress of the Philippines has been called into special session by President Duterte with one express purpose – to approve the National Appropriation Bill for 2021.

FINDING ANSWERS 

MEDIUM RARE

#MINDANAO

Prince William of Britain, grandson and second-in-line to the throne after his father Prince Charles, launched Friday the Earthshot Project that will award five one-million-pound ($1.29-million) prizes a year for the next ten years for protecting and restoring nature, clean air, reviving oceans, waste reduction, and climate change.