Iloilo HS teachers embark on research methodology training sponsored by Japan
By Rossea H. Ledesma
TO enhance the capacity of high school science teachers in
Iloilo, a training on research methodology and technical writing was organized
with funding...
Air pollution costs $2.9-T a year – NGO report
PARIS – The global cost of air
pollution caused by fossil fuels is $8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of
the entire world’s economic output,...
7 out of 10 Filipinos prefer recyclable containers vs sachets, survey says
MANILA – Seven out of 10 Filipinos favor
buying condiments in recyclable containers than sachets, a commissioned survey
of Social Weather Stations showed.
The survey, conducted on...
Jump-start aquaculture business with coaching from experts
By Rossea H. Ledesma
FISH farms and hatcheries need proper
management for these to prosper, so experts from the Southeast Asian Fisheries
Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD)...
World’s largest iceberg heads towards open water
THE world’s biggest iceberg is about to
enter the open ocean.
A68, a colossus that broke free from the
Antarctic in 2017, has pushed so far north...
Thousands of migratory waterbirds flock Iloilo wetlands
A TOTAL of 2,610 waterbirds
were seen flocking in five wetlands in Iloilo during the Annual Waterbird
Census conducted by Community Environment and Natural Resources Office...
20 pangolins rescued in Palawan
AROUND 20 pangolins were rescued from a
wildfire trafficker in Palawan’s El Nido town.
After an investigation, authorities
conducted a raid in Barangay Pasadeña where the pangolins...
Rescued owl ‘too fat to fly’ – sanctuary
AN owl rescued from a ditch and thought
to be injured was in fact just too fat to fly, a bird rescue center said.
Suffolk Owl...
Global resource consumption tops 100-BT for first time
PARIS – The world is using up more than
100 billion tons of natural resources per year for the first time ever while
global recycling of...
New species of soil-cleaning worm named after Iloilo
By Rossea
H. Ledesma
A NEW species of mudworm, known to clean
the soil in fishponds, was recently identified and named after Iloilo, the
province where its eggs...