Planning your next trip? Whether you’re exploring the cultures of Japan or lounging on tropical beaches of Vietnam, travel insurance is your safety net for the unexpected. With so many options, how do you choose the best policy? This guide highlights the top tips for selecting travel insurance,...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was urged to personally intervene and order government agencies to contain the oil spill from a sunken tank off Oriental Mindoro. Protect Verde Island Passage (VIP), a coalition of sectors, communities, and organizations that advocate the protection of the...
Editorial This year’s major climate summit may have concluded when world leaders and environment advocates departed Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt with a “call for action.” But that 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of Parties (more commonly referred to as COP27) is just...
The gig economy is defined as a labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs. Throughout history, the gig economy is a vital one, with gig workers (aka freelancers) taking up temporary or project-based work. They are hired to...
• Mangrove, giant bamboo and bitaog trees play an important role in recuding flooding. • Wind and swell waves lose energy and height when they pass through mangrove forests because the aerial tangled roots and branches act as physical barriers • The roots of a giant bamboo absorb excess water...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ma. Antonia “Toni” Yulo-Loyzaga on Thursday, July 21, vowed to protect indigenous species and respond to climate emergency. DENR Secretary Ma. Antonia “Toni” Yulo-Loyzaga (DENR PHOTO) “e need to combat the climate emergency...
Here are some reminders CLINICAL MATTERS With only one week left until the May 9 election, campaigns are in overdrive with their final pushes and rallies. While candidates look favorably upon huge crowds of people coming out to support them, healthcare workers look on in horror as people are packed...
What is among vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte's most fervent prayers to God? The protection of Filipinos' votes come election day on May 9, 2022. (Lakas-CMD Media) This was revealed by Duterte herself when she and her 2022 poll partner, presidential aspirant and former...
HELSINKI, Finland -- The female hormone estrogen may protect women from severe heart disease and death caused by COVID-19, said Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) in a press release on Thursday. (People's Daily) The estrogen supplement halved the risk of death due to COVID-19 in women, according to...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos's eldest son, Sandro Marcos, asked his fellow Ilocanos on late Wednesday night, Feb. 17 to help return a favor that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has done for their family. Sandro Marcos talks to crowd at the BBM-Sara UniTeam proclamation rally at Paoay...
Vice presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has called on her supporters to "protect" her partner, presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., saying the country needs his "experience". Former Senator Bongbong Marcos (left) and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio...
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered on Wednesday, Jan. 12, the Philippine National Police (PNP) to assign “Media Security Focal Persons’’ in every province and city in the country as part of the security measures to journalists amid the threat of attacks and...
