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...
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...
Dutch reality show "Million Dollar Island" which was filmed on location in northern Palawan is set to air on television in the Netherlands on Sunday (Dutch time), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. "Million Dollar Island" trailer title card (Screenshot from Metronieuws/SBS6) A hundred...
Empowering local communities starts with appreciating and valuing their indigenous knowledge, systems, and practices (IKSP) to get them involved and to collaborate. Through the campaign “Kinaiya it Kailayahan: The Role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices of Nabaoynons in Malay, Aklan in...
In 2013, when Typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines, it made its first landfall in a small island called Sulu-an, a few kilometers off the coast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. While most people know of Yolanda’s destruction in Tacloban and other major cities in the Visayas, most Filipinos have not heard...
Last November 2021, at the 26 th United Nations Climate Change Conference, world leaders came together to discuss the future of the planet and the target to keep global temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Today, the Earth is 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than it was...
‘When Is Now?’ is a platform of stories, poems, photography, and other art forms that aim to spread awareness on climate crisis and demand climate justice Young Climate Reality Leaders shared their experiences in engaging with various communities and critical decision-makers as part of climate...
Experience the full potential of the next-generation PlayStation with this gaming setup This is a rave review. If you’re a PlayStation (PS) fan, a gamer, or just looking for one of the best home entertainment systems money could buy, read on. Gaming has gone a long way since the first-ever home...
For better or for worse, online shopping and social media usage have skyrocketed since the pandemic started. Aggravated by social isolation and the monotony it brings, what used to be viewed as a luxury is now the norm—purchasing products and goods, from the most basic to the most frivolous, are...
The metaverse is a complex topic. This emerging multisensory iteration of the web is a concept that has been heavily discussed by tech industry leaders, Satya Nadella of Microsoft as well as Mark Zuckerberg of Meta (formerly known as Facebook). Now, everyone’s talking about this infinitely...
How will the platforms evolve? If you told me 20 years ago, in the Friendster and Myspace era, that social media would evolve to play a major hand in elections, become a one-stop marketplace where you could shop not just for clothes but for houses, and where Chatbots guide you through a...
But then, even as we’re only building it, it has begun to look more and more like this world to which we are desperate for alternatives ZUCKERVERSE Mark Zuckerberg using VR equipment Oculus Quest 2 In the early 2000s, I signed up on Second Life. My objective was to have a spare life, one unlike...
