No es cierto que la gente deja perseguir sus sueños porque envejece, envejece porque deja de perseguir suenos. (It isn’t true that people stop chasing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop chasing dreams.) – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Read Part 1 of this adventure: Sampling La Vida Local …
Read More »Why recent water temperatures in the North Atlantic have scientists buzzing
Sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic have never been so warm at this time of year. CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon takes a closer look at some of the factors and what it means for hurricane season. Sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic are now at record levels as …
Read More »Bugged by mosquitoes? Blame it on the rain, beer and babies
Natural odours from your skin, perfumes, having Type O blood, being pregnant and drinking alcohol can all make you smell more attractive for all the hungry new mosquitoes, says one expert. Residents in Waterloo region are reporting an increase in mosquito sightings this summer. Mosquitoes in Waterloo region are creating …
Read More »DSWD’s food stamp program: An answer to end hunger?
“Walang gutom” — no one hungry — is the name of this new food stamp program introduced by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that aims to provide nutritious food access to one million food-poor Filipinos across the country. This program’s pilot and full implementation garnered the approval …
Read More »The cynicism of climate finance
Image Credit: orfonline.org EVER since the signing of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, one of that global accord’s most important provisions, the funding of the climate adaptation needs of vulnerable countries by the developed world responsible for the greatest part of planet-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, has proven …
Read More »ISIS Southeast Asia head Abu Zacharia killed in Marawi encounter
The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Southeast Asia was shot dead while resisting arrest, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported Wednesday Western Mindanao Command Chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido said Faharudin Hadji Benito Satar a.k.a. Abu Zacharia was killed in a 10-minute gunfight …
Read More »DILG chief warns of ‘powerful syndicate’ inside PNP
The Department of the Interior and Local Government is looking into the possibility that a powerful syndicate inside the police force was behind the P6.7 billion drug bust in Tondo, Manila eight months ago. DILG secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said this group could be the reason investigators find it difficult …
Read More »‘Nakakababa ng IQ’: Solon frowns on Pinoy youth’s reliance on social media for news
At a Glance House Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro believes that Filipinos’ collective intelligence quotient (IQ) is being lowered by their reliance on influencers and social media for news and information. Castro is a member of the Makabayan bloc. (Unsplash) The reliance of young people on …
Read More »Court allows self-confessed drug lord Espinosa to post bail
A regional trial court (RTC) in Leyte province has granted the petition of self-confessed drug lord Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa and four other co-accused to post bail over charges they engaged in the illegal drug trade. Baybay City RTC Branch 14 Presiding Judge Carlos Arguelles, in an order dated June 13, …
Read More »Brace for 90-day evacuation–PBBM
Orders Cabinet to scramble budget, avoid depleting quick response funds of LGUs LEGAZPI CITY—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday ordered national agencies to cover 90 days of relief assistance to evacuees of the areas around restive Mayon Volcano to unburden local government units (LGUs) responding to the disaster. Three months, …
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