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By Henrylito D. Tacio Cargo ships and other large vessels have a special hidden compartment called a ballast tank. These are empty when the ship is loaded with cargo. They are filled with seawater as cargo is discharged to keep the ship afloat on rough seas. Usually, the ballast water is released at...

With the Philippines being a hot pot of different cultures and languages, it is easy for the names of plants to get mixed up. A name could refer to a certain plant in one region but mean something else in another. A single plant can be referred to by different names but they actually mean the same...