Understanding the perceived hunger rate
MY DEAR countrymen:
Perhaps most of us know what the latest perceived hunger rate of the Philippines is, but how many of us understand how...
Weapon against dengue
DEAR Mr. President:
It is commonly said that to win a war, we must first know our enemy. I think that that saying is...
Let’s test vaccine vs malaria
DEAR Mr. President:
To my surprise, the carrier of the malaria disease, the female Anopheles mosquito, is alive and well and living in Palawan....
Banning single use plastics
DEAR Mr. President:
The good news is, our Congress has passed almost all the necessary laws banning single use plastics in the Philippines.
The bad...
Macroeconomics of abaca production
BY IKE SEÑERES
DEAR Mr. President:
I have a question and since I could not get a clear answer in online sources, perhaps you could...
Dev’t programs for indigenous tribes
DEAR Mr. President:
I think that it was a very good decision on your part to transfer the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)...
A new hope for indigenous tribal peoples
DEAR Mr. President:
I do not know whose idea it was to transfer the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) from the Department of...
Incentives for afforestation
DEAR Mr. President:
In the aftermath of the typhoons and landslides that happened in our country, we have been reminded again, as we have...
What do we do with water hyacinths?
DEAR Mr. President:
In the series of floods that have hit our country, many have blamed the indiscriminate throwing of garbage as one of...
Eradicating invasive fish species
DEAR Mr. President:
There are about seven invasive fish species in the Philippines, namely Clown Knifefish, Eastern Mosquitofish, Thai Catfish (Clarias batrachus), African Catfish...