The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will design a revenue-sharing scheme for farmers and indigenous people (IPs) who will manage the forest areas surrounding the massive P4.37-billion Chico River Pump Irrigation Project (CRPIP) in Pinukpuk, Kalinga. In a statement, the DENR...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing its funding support for the P345-billion Philippine National Railways’ (PNR) Calamba project. In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral financial institution said that funding for the 40.5 kilometer viaduct structures of PNR Calamba, also called...
We are living in unchartered territory. On top of the global pandemic and its ensuing economic fallout, the environmental and climate crises are both deepening across the world. Now more than ever, it is becoming clearer that the impacts of climate change are no longer just felt in the Global...
'Catching Feelings' New Zealand’s most watched live band Drax Project are back with a new version of their multi-platinum hit ‘Catching Feelings’ with SIX60, now featuring Brooklyn-based, R&B/Neo Soul group Phony Ppl which was released via 300 Records. The laid-back, feel good anthem has...
Elders always remind us not to leave any food on our plates. While this has long been part of our culture, this belief may be linked to deeper importance, aside from money and waste-related factors. Perhaps many would think wasting food should be prevented to get one’s money’s worth, but...
Valenzuela City's fourth Disiplina Village, the local government's housing project, is set to rise soon following its groundbreaking ceremony. The new project located in Barangay Arkong Bato will be composed of 20 three-story buildings with 720 housing units measuring 16 square meters each....
Help provide wheelchairs to those who need it most but cannot afford it. **media[18196 Support the Project Wheelshare of the Philippine Relief and Development Services Inc (Philrads) by donating any amount to their fund raising activity. One unit of wheelchair cost P5,000. "Our target is to reach...
A group of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) scholars has launched a charity project named “PailaJuan” which seeks to electrify remote areas in Ilocos Norte. (DOST Facebook page) The DOST I-Science Education Institute (SEI) said the Movement of Ilocos Norte DOST Scholars or MINDS...
Malate and Ermita in Manila used to be the pre-war Forbes Park, where prominent clans lived and prospered. Premier universities stood there, including Ateneo de Manila and Assumption; apart from University of the Philippines, De La Salle, St. Paul and St. Scholastica which stayed. And in this city...
Police have arrested 41 people tagged as involved in cybersex operations, considered as a first salvo of a digital platform it launched against cybercriminals operating in the country. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the arrest came after a series...
The San Juan City local government and the National Housing Authority (NHA) on Wednesday (July 14) broke ground for the 23-storey high-rise, in-city socialized public housing project for city residents as well as those who are working in the city. Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo from Patrick Garcia)...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) bared on Monday, July 12, the deployment of locally made air quality monitors to communities affected by Taal’s unrest in provinces of Batangas and...
