In a world where changes are increasingly disruptive, creative works matter more than ever, not just to better understand our complex reality through stories, but also because stories shape our imagination and inspire the future. “Harvest Moon is a book that heeds the call to reimagine how we are going to survive and thrive in a time of painful planetary...
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‘Harvest Moon’: Stories, poems and photos of climate crisis
In a world where changes are increasingly disruptive, creative works matter more than ever, not just to better understand our...
Retelling the natural hazards, dangers of the Bataan nuclear power plant
Nuclear energy first came to the Philippines in 1958 when the United States gifted the Philippines with a nuclear fission...
Concerns over P50-B dam project emerge after Laguna activist’s arrest
SAN PEDRO CITY—The arrest of environmental activist Vertudes “Daisy” Macapanpan has directed public attention to a larger issue involving a...
DOUBLE HIT Like a bent tripod struggling to support its lofty, leafy top, this coconut tree in Palanas, Masbate, took the brunt of two earthquakes 17 years apart. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Masbate’s three-legged coconut tree spurs scientific interest
Several decades since I defended my doctoral dissertation, my visits to Masbate had been few and far between, until I...
Black-naped oriole —PHOTOS BY RODERICK TOLEDO
Birds flying into manmade things
One recent morning, I saw a bright yellow kilyawan (black-naped oriole) lying dead beside our house. It happened periodically, over the...
Filipino geologist Mario Juan Aurelio attends the 27th session (second part) of the Legal and Technical Commission of the UN-created International Seabed Authority in Kingston, Jamaica. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Filipino Geologist elected to UN body on world’s seabed resources management, protection
A Filipino geologist is joining a select panel of experts helping a United Nations (UN) agency in its mission to...
Flash floods have made makeshift boats a necessity in vulnerable areas. —PHOTO FROM pna.gov.ph
Among the garbage in raging waters
Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry/And I will sing a lullaby… — “Golden Slumbers” by the Beatles Two girls were...
RESTLESS NIGHT Earthquake survivors whose houses have been damaged and declared unsafe spend the night at the provincial plaza in Bangued. —CHRISTINE VALERA
Fear and trembling in Abra
Like any other tragedy, the earthquake struck when no one expected it.“It was a sunny morning,” Carla Manganteng, 29, told...