As we have seen with the Covid-19 pandemic, varying levels of coping capacity determine the overall wellbeing of societies, populations, and sectors that are better equipped to manage such systemic disruptions. More vulnerable systems face threats of near-total collapse or are left severely...
The Adam Project (L to R) Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam, Mark Ruffalo as Louis Reed and Walker Scobell as Young Adam. Cr. Doana Gregory/Netflix © 2022 They say hindsight is 20/20. But what good is it if there’s nothing to be done? What would it be like to see your younger self? And perhaps more...
The Department of Finance (DOF) announced the launch of a new project that aims to assist six climate-vulnerable cities in adapting to, and mitigating the effects of, climate change. On Thursday, March 10, the DOF launched the $15 million, or P750 million, five-year Climate Resilient Cities (CRC)...
DipologCableLanding As part of this year's P80 BIllion capex, PLDT Inc. began cable-laying operations in Dipolog City to fortify its fiber network in Mindanao. The new segment will connect PLDT’s submarine fiber optic cable from the municipality of Zamboanguita in Negros Oriental and beef up...
A suspect in the shooting of a truck driver in Muntinlupa on March 6 has voluntarily surrendered to the police. According to the Muntinlupa Police, at about 5:30 p.m. on March 8, Staff Sgt. Reynold Aguirre was performing his duty along the Alabang viaduct when suspect Benjamin Aliabo, 50,...
Solar Philippines Nueva Ecija Corporation’s stockholders have approved its increase in authorized capital stock and the P60 billion share swap with parent company Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings Inc. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it will raise its...
The United States (US) will work with the Philippines to vaccinate more than 10,600 Filipinos at mass vaccination clinics in the cities of Quezon and Caloocan. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The...
The sudden onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last 2020, and the lockdowns and safety protocols that ensued, forced many entrepreneurs to reinvent their operations overnight in order to survive. Among those who weathered this challenge was fashion entrepreneur and TV personality Roxanne Montealegre,...
On Feb. 28, 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the second of its three-part Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The Working Group II (WG2) contribution to the AR6 focuses on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability as it provides an assessment of the vulnerability of...
QUIRINO -- Access to two well-known tourist sites -- the Ganano Falls and Eagles Beak - Batumbaket, in Diffun, Quirino, will soon be easy as the Department of Public Works and Highways - Quirino District Engineering Office (DPWH-QDEO) continues to implement a Tourism Road Infrastructure Program...
The University of Santo Tomas Research Center on Social Sciences and Education (RCSSED) received funding from the Department of Science and Technology—Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOS—PCHRD) for its National Youth Mental Health Project. The research work, titled...
A strawberry farmer in Benguet. (Photo by Zaldy Comanda) LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Strawberry farmers here appealed for the termination and transfer of a flood control project which will displace them and affect their source of livelihood. Lawyer Richard Kilaan, lead convenor of Lawyers for Farmers,...
