Bamboo, the tallest grass on Earth, has great environmental benefits. It absorbs lots of carbon, improves soil health, and helps clean the air. This material is used for housing in rural areas, but only for one to two story structures. In turn, a bill seeking to strengthen the use of bamboo...
The municipality of Impasugong, Bukidnon received rainwater harvesting tanks from Hedcor, an Aboitiz Power Corp. subsidiary, and Aboitiz Foundation Inc. to help provide water to the community during the dry season. IMPASUGONG Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Head...
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV DAVAO CITY – A Philippine Eagle with a bullet wound on its left wing died hours after it was found by soldiers in Barangay Mangayon, Compostela, Davao de Oro on Monday, July 8. PHILIPPINE Eagle ‘Mangayon’ under treatment at the Philippine Eagle Foundation in...
Two barangays in Laguna were the latest recipients of the Okada Foundation Inc.’s food share program. BENEFICIARIES of the Okada Foundation Inc.'s food share program in Laguna. Sixty families were named beneficiaries at the program’s recent launching ceremony. The program is an initiative...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Eagle Foundation has urged the government to implement stringent measures for the protection of the critically endangered Philippine Eagle following the death of another injured raptor hours after the bird was rescued in Compostela town in Davao de Oro on July 8. ...
Collaborating for the adaptive restoration of the century-old Quezon Hall or Bulwagang Quezon of the West Visayas State University (WVSU) in Iloilo City. Joining the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement are WVSU’s Dr. Joselito Villaruz, Dr. Peter Ernie Paris, Dr. Porferio Barlas, and...
Citizen scientists from the coastal town of Lobo in Batangas province return home after a recent monitoring dive in a nearby marine protected area. Clean energy leader First Gen Corporation and nonprofit sister organization ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. (AFI), have organized an 18-member team of citizen...
The Build Initiative Foundation is proud to announce its membership in the Climate Coalition, the United Kingdom’s largest group of organizations dedicated to addressing the climate and nature crises. This alliance, comprising over 130 organizations with a combined supporter base of 20 million...
Its wings may have already fallen silent since its untimely demise in September last year, but renewable energy (RE) firm Energy Development Corporation (EDC) of the First Gen group has taken a high-principled step of preserving the lasting legacy of “Geothermica”, also nicknamed “Geo”, the...
In a move to foster healthier Filipino communities, Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI) and Toyota Motor Philippines Foundation (TMPF) turned over a fully equipped mobile laboratory to the city government of Bacolod on June 27 at the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos. METROBANK...
BURAUEN, Leyte – Last June 28, a pair of Philippine Eagles was reintroduced in the forest of Barangay Kagbana here. PHILIPPINE Eagles ‘Uswag’ and ‘Carlito’ inside their holding cages prior to their release. (Keith Bacongco) But this significant milestone was not just an overnight...
To fund the construction of a new building that will serve as the primary blood center in Cavite, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) received a P60 million donation from the Okada Foundation. Photo shows PRC Cavite Chapter treasurer Lucy Beltran, PRC Cavite Chapter fund generation committee chairperson...
