OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III was quoted last week as saying that “aside from our health-care workers, we will prioritize vaccinating our economic front-line workforce.” Sec. Dominguez, who heads President Rodrigo Duterte’s...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The next key step in our battle to fight the COVID-19 pandemic is to ensure that the vaccines can be administered to our people in the safest and fastest way possible. This is very important so that we can reduce infections and deaths due to...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) is pushing for a new kind of therapy in the country called "forest bathing," which is a Japanese innovation. (PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I firmly believe that forest bathing can also be a...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I read an interesting interview with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates over the weekend. A couple of years ago he was asked about work-life balance and this was what he had to say then: "For my particular way of being, it is true that I did not...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of technologies not only in surviving the lockdown but in navigating the new normal as we start to revive our economy and restart social activities. Some of these technologies were already...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The United States has inaugurated a new president. Former Senator and Vice President Joseph R. Biden was inaugurated as its 46th president a few days ago. I congratulate President Biden on his victory in the recent elections and his eventual...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar (Part 2) Pulse Asia, in its November 2020 Ulat ng Bayan national survey conducted November 23 – December 2, 2020, noted that while 95% of Filipino adults reported awareness of the development of COVID-19 vaccines, a near majority of...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar (Part 1) I love reading surveys, and not just those pertaining to politics or elections. I enjoy reading public opinion polls because, when done correctly and using rigorous scientific methods, they showcase what our people are thinking and...
Raw honey is a good source of nutrients that our body needs. Proper production of this commodity can be important, not just to the livelihood of the communities that harvest them, but also in the conservation of the forests they are sourced from. During a webinar on indigenous honey organized by...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar President Rodrigo Duterte set a positive message for the new year when he said in his traditional New Year’s address: “With the guidance and grace of the Almighty and the enduring spirit of bayanihan and malasakit, I am confident that we...
“They are ours. They are our heritage. They are our treasure. They are the crowning glory of the Philippine forest.” This is what David Castor, curator and manager of Negros Forest Park, said on the importance of preserving the Philippine native trees during the third episode of the Slow Food...
When a small canvas is no longer enough to hold one's creative vision, a painter takes his or her art to a bigger platform, not to impress people, but to inspire them. Murals have been a way for many artists throughout history to take art closer to the masses. Think of Dmitri Vrubel 's My...
