The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) is encouraging organizers of community pantries to include contraceptives such as condoms and pills in their list of essential pantry goods, if only to help promote family planning among poor Filipino families. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Climate change has been affecting food production for decades. A new study discovered that more than a fifth, or 21 percent, of global food output growth has been lost due to climate change since the 1960s. These numbers are equal to losing the last seven years of productivity growth. ...
The Sesang Bubble Friends community pantry in Novaliches, Quezon City dedicated to K-pop artist Kim Sejeong (Photos: Mafu) Filipino fans of K-pop artist and actress Kim Sejeong, star of the hit drama “The Uncanny Counter,” have opened a community pantry where people can get dinner ingredients...
Angel Locsin A video clip of Kapamilya star Angel Locsin giving money to the needy has started to go viral on Twitter on Sunday, May 2. No other details were given, as to what transpired or when it really happened, but Angel could be seen donating money to an unidentified man in a hospital, in...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Once a student of a Catholic college was being initiated into a Catholic organization. He was asked: "What are the most important requirements of our Christian faith?" Without batting an eyelash, he replied, "Going to Mass on Sunday and receiving Holy Communion."...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara We, Filipinos, are not known to easily give up. And in the face of adversity, we as a community are able to overcome either by helping each other out or receiving help from our kapwa. We have witnessed this in the past week or so with the emergence of the viral...
A Filipino organization in Chalong, Phuket installs a community pantry to help Filipinos working in hotels, bars, and restaurants There’s now a FIlipino community pantry in Chalong, Phuket Thailand established by ACTION-Association of Concerned Filipinos in Thailand , which is a non-government,...
Malacañang believes that the private owners and local government units will be able to ensure that establishments allowed to operate under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) are compliant with health protocols against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A restaurant staff cleans a...
People were divided over the decision of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urging organizers of community pantries to tap barangay officials in distributing the supplies to the residents. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said Thursday, April 29, that no permit is required if one...
The province of Ifugao is now also under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) along with the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area and three other places in the country until May 14. File Photo by (Maria TAN / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made...
Azolla ( Azolla pinnata ), also known as water fern, is a free-floating aquatic plant that forms clumps. It has short branches, slender roots, and is coated with tiny hairs that help keep the plant afloat. But scientists have now put the spotlight on the wonders of this water fern. In a study...
Defying the limits of the land to exemplify the "bayanihan" spirit, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has set up floating community pantries in the middle of sea in Surigao del Sur, Zambales, and Camarines Sur to help fishermen who were affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
