Filipino Medical Heroes – Saving One Patient At a Time
Global Grassroots Giving, 31 March 2010
It was only 7:30 AM and hundreds of patients were already lining up to be seen at the surgical mission put together by the World Surgical Foundation in Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island, Philippines last February 2010...
Books for the Barrios, The Michael Yon Library, Philippines
Books for the Barrios, 31 March 2010
The Michael Yon Library is in Indanaan, Jolo, Sulu, Philippines and comprises 1,000 students who live in a war torn area of the country…
Carrying out a National Policy on Road Safety for Children
Executive Brief, 5 March 2010
In a multi-sectoral study conducted on children’s welfare in the Philippines, it has been revealed that child death rates caused by accidental injuries have tripled in the last 30 years....
Urban Micro-Farming: Promising First Results from a Philippine CSA Test Project
AntiPinoy, 4 March 2010
...A small pilot project I have advised for a little over a year has shown promising results, and may be a practical short-term solution worth applying on a wider scale...
Pinoybuzz: UP Jeepney Operator goes for Bio-Diesel made from used cooking oil
Better Philippines, 1 March 2010
...One project that we are supporting is a massive cooking-oil-to-bio-diesel conversion project that has recently just been started up with the help of a UP Diliman Jeepney operator...
Residents Unite to Clean-up Ondoy Debris Dumped in Marikina-San Mateo River
Ecowaste Coalition, 18 February 2010
...More than 150 residents living adjacent to the Nangka River unite to clean-up the debris, soil and mixed garbage brought by typhoon Ondoy but was later dumped by the local government of Marikina...
No Work, No Pork
Carlo's Think Pieces, 17 February 2010
In August 2009, Nueva Ecija Representative Eduardo Joson proposed to have a policy of “No Work, No Pork”, in which Congressmen who are frequently absent in Congress sessions be deprived of their share in the PDAF...
EcoWaste Coalition Promotes “Kuryentipid” Tips in face of Power Hike
Ecowaste Coalition, 6 February 2010
Quezon City. As consumers brace for higher power rates this month, a waste and pollution watchdog has put out some practical tips that can help homes and offices cut their electricity charges...
A Kindle for every student?
Carlo's Think Pieces, 31 January 2010
In a forum on 29 January, Richard Gordon said that if elected as president he will provide a Kindle (an eReader distributed by Amazon) to every public school student in the Philippines...
Excessive Fees Bad For Business
Better Philippines, 26 January 2010
The beginning of the year signals the start of the business renewal season. At the various city and municipal halls, business owners are now scrambling to beat the deadline to avoid penalties....
Over 3000 MW of Renewable Energy Based Capacity added to the Philippine grid by 2016
Alternat1ve.com, 26 January 2010
A report released by the Department of Energy stated that over 4,135 MW of energy will be added to the grid by 2016 via 37 active projects. 80% of these projects are said to be Renewable Energy projects...
Filipino Microbiologist, Rhoel Dinglasan , Discovers New Malaria Vaccine
TechPinas, 22 January 2010
Rhoel Dinglasan, a Pinoy postdoctoral fellow in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Department of John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, recently discovered a new and more potent vaccine against the dreaded Malaria...
Can the Philippines achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals?
Mong Palatino, 19 January 2010
The Philippines is one of the 191 member states of the United Nations which signed the September 2000 Millennium Declaration. The declaration features eight specific goals that should be achieved by signatory countries in 2015...
Zero Tariff Trade Bodes Well for ASEAN
The Citizen on Mars, 2 January 2010
The beginning of 2010 bodes so well to the regional group ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Countries as six of its members began zero-tariff trading on January 1, 2010...
A seafarer’s suggestion to avoid maritime tragedies
ellen tordesillas, 29 December 2009
Sea tragedies have become become common occurrences during the holiday season when city folks go home to the province to spend Christmas with families and relatives.
We never learn our lesson.
What $75 And A Few Old Books Can Do
Thoughts on Transitions, 18 December 2009
...about sending old books to the Philippines for a public school located in our farm whose miniscule library collection consisted of pre-WW2, dilapidated books. I was able to collect around 100 books and spent $75 on freight to send them to the Philippines...
E-Jeepneys Provide Eco-friendly Transportation in Legazpi
Wow Legazpi, 11 December 2009
...New electric-powered, non-polluting jeepneys now provide eco-friendly transportation in the city of Legazpi...
Filipino-Hawaiian investors put up first macadamia-tree plantation in Ilocos Norte
Agriculture Blog, 17 November 2009
...About 400 saplings of Hawaiian macadamia trees found a new habitat on a sprawling idle land in sitio Paratong, Saud, Badoc, Ilocos Norte, with the launching of the first macadamia demonstration farm in the country...
Davao Chamber, SM intensifies campaign on eWaste recycling and proper disposal
South Phils Business, 19 November 2009
Recycling and proper disposal of waste materials from electronic devices to include computers, laptops and cellphones is the focus of massive advocacy campaign....
Local electric vehicle firm thinks big
La Nueva Liga Filipina, 27 October 2009
They zip by quietly, running under 30 kilometers per hour around ritzy Fort Bonifacio Global City. But it’s enough to get attention from shoppers and promenaders...
New Classroom Technology: Interactive Board
Wits and Spirits, 23 August 2009
...This year lots of teaching and learning facilities have been added in our school. One of them is the latest classroom technology called Interactive Board or IBoard...
The Brits to burn their trash!
Philippines Without Borders, 9 June 2008
We are suffering from the garbage crisis (trash are everywhere) and yet, we don’t seem to know how to deal with it effectively. Why not recycle it by burning the stuff to generate power?...
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