Executive Order No. 29 (s. 2017) declared July as National Disaster Resilience Month to raise awareness on disaster prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and rehabilitation and recovery. For us in the Climate Reality Philippines, this is an opportune time to underscore the fact that...
The National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL), the country’s premier recognition and advisory body on science and technology (S&T) thumbed down Thursday, July 29, the 174-hectare Dumaguete reclamation project, citing its environment and socio-economic impacts. Under...
President Duterte turned the spotlight on China and the workers for making the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge a reality, saying the national government really had nothing to do but supervise the project. President Duterte leads the inauguration of the China-funded Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge in Makati on...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) this morning (July 27, 2021) led the inauguration of the P801.8 million, 313-kilometer, Metro Manila Bike Lane Network at Roxas Boulevard, Manila. 08232020_BIKELANE_ROMERO-1024x683 The Metro Manila Bike Lanes use concrete delineators or flexible rubber...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will design a revenue-sharing scheme for farmers and indigenous people (IPs) who will manage the forest areas surrounding the massive P4.37-billion Chico River Pump Irrigation Project (CRPIP) in Pinukpuk, Kalinga. In a statement, the DENR...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing its funding support for the P345-billion Philippine National Railways’ (PNR) Calamba project. In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral financial institution said that funding for the 40.5 kilometer viaduct structures of PNR Calamba, also called...
We are living in unchartered territory. On top of the global pandemic and its ensuing economic fallout, the environmental and climate crises are both deepening across the world. Now more than ever, it is becoming clearer that the impacts of climate change are no longer just felt in the Global...
'Catching Feelings' New Zealand’s most watched live band Drax Project are back with a new version of their multi-platinum hit ‘Catching Feelings’ with SIX60, now featuring Brooklyn-based, R&B/Neo Soul group Phony Ppl which was released via 300 Records. The laid-back, feel good anthem has...
Elders always remind us not to leave any food on our plates. While this has long been part of our culture, this belief may be linked to deeper importance, aside from money and waste-related factors. Perhaps many would think wasting food should be prevented to get one’s money’s worth, but...
Valenzuela City's fourth Disiplina Village, the local government's housing project, is set to rise soon following its groundbreaking ceremony. The new project located in Barangay Arkong Bato will be composed of 20 three-story buildings with 720 housing units measuring 16 square meters each....
Help provide wheelchairs to those who need it most but cannot afford it. **media[18196 Support the Project Wheelshare of the Philippine Relief and Development Services Inc (Philrads) by donating any amount to their fund raising activity. One unit of wheelchair cost P5,000. "Our target is to reach...
A group of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) scholars has launched a charity project named “PailaJuan” which seeks to electrify remote areas in Ilocos Norte. (DOST Facebook page) The DOST I-Science Education Institute (SEI) said the Movement of Ilocos Norte DOST Scholars or MINDS...
