Rate of global forest loss halved: UN report
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA -- The rate at which the world is losing its forests has halved, but an area of woodland the size of...
Native tribe fights to save Boreal forest in Quebec
“If my grandfather knew,” says the deputy leader of the Cree tribe, one of 11 indigenous ethnic groups present in Quebec.
The flyover of the...
The parallel worlds of Ramon Magsaysay awardees
By Pola Esguerra del Monte
This story began with death — the death, 58 years ago, of the President whom the Filipino people fondly called...
Gawad Plaridel for Ricky Lee
By Susan Claire Agbayani
Ricardo Lee, the Philippines’ most prominent screenwriter and one of most influential figures in the film industry, was awarded the 2015...
PETA looks back (and forward)
By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz
THE Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), in its long history, has found a new, revamped identity in the limelight because...
Negros Oriental as water capital
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
HOME to 79 natural lakes and 451 rivers, and being an archipelago, thus surrounded by water, the Philippines faces...
How will climate change affect your livelihood?
By Marlowe Hood, AFP
PARIS — As the reality of global warming starts to hit home, people may ask: “How will it affect my livelihood?”
Well,...