Environment

Shear line rains devastate farms in Davao Region, losses near P1B

DAVAO CITY (March 12) — Torrential rains brought by a persistent shear line have ravaged farms across the Davao Region, leaving nearly P1 billion in agricultural losses and putting...

Lawmakers push crackdown on junk food ads targeting Filipino children

MANILA (March 12) — Alarmed by projections that childhood obesity could surge in the coming years, lawmakers and...

House moves to grant Marcos emergency power to cut fuel taxes as oil prices climb

MANILA (March 12) — Lawmakers are moving to hand Ferdinand Marcos Jr. temporary powers to suspend or reduce...

For BARMM’s poor, Ramadan charity brings relief—but also exposes deep inequality

COTABATO CITY (March 12) — In the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the Islamic holy month of...

‘Bayani’ Takes Flight: New Philippine Eagle Chick Signals Hope for Species Recovery

DAVAO CITY (March 11) — A new Philippine Eagle chick named Bayani is offering a renewed symbol of...
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The number of poor families in Mindanao still high

DAVAO CITY --"Figures don't lie," says a popular quote. This is how Dr. Guido David, chief data scientist of the Octa research team described the...

Five Mindanao provinces are under a state of calamity due to El Niño

DAVAO CITY --- Five of the over a hundred local government units that have been declared under a state of calamity due to the...

Lightning impacts 6 wedding attendees in Davao City

DAVAO CITY ---Six wedding attendees were affected when lightning struck a coconut tree in the interior part of Marilog District in this city on...

DBM says gov’t can use P15-B disaster relief fund to combat El Niño

MANILA – The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Friday said the government could tap the remaining PHP15.507 billion under the National Disaster Risk...

2 dead sperm whales found in Siargao Island in ten days

DAVAO CITY --- Two dead sperm whales were found in two different areas in Siargao Island during the last ten days. The latest was on...

Over 100 displaced Masara landslide victims get all-weatherproof tents

DAVAO CITY — Some 111 families displaced during the February 7 Masara landslide were given all-weatherproof tents as a temporary shelter in a relocation center...
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