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Resort owners in Northern Mindanao capital region of Misamis have been advised to adopt precautionary measures due to the recent rash of shark sightings in the waters off the coastal …
The Titan Arum, believed to be the world’s largest flower which rarely blooms has opened in Tokyo, Japan, this week. The bloom, which only lasts two or three days, only …
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A cargo container at Davao City International Airport was discovered to have two illegal monitor lizards inside. The lizards showed up on the airport’s x-ray machine. The reptiles were then …
THE WORLD’S FIRST MALARIA VACCINE got the green light as European drug regulators labelled it safe and effective to use for babies and adults in Africa. RTS.S, or as many calls …
A total of 3,831 Palawan Forest Turtles and some 185 other turtles were rescued from horrifying conditions in Palawan. The turtles were being kept in a warehouse with its own …
A Dutchman has been declared ‘persona non grata’ after he posted photographs on Facebook of uncollected garbage along the shoreline in Puerto Galera. The resort town’s Sanggunian Bayan has declared …
With the continuing onslaught of ‘super-typhoons’ over the past decade, the Philippines has finally starting to think outside the box – or at least outside the box-shape of housing. Disaster …
The invention of a biodegradable ‘plastic’ bag made out of coconuts, made by the teenage son of ARMM governor Mujiv Hataman, won third place among 462 entries in an international …
Parts of the Philippines will experience stormy weather over Mother’s Day weekend when Typhoon Dodong is expected to make landfall on Luzon. The state weather bureau said the typhoon’s international …
Tourists flocking Boracay may be shocked to find their favourite places closed this summer, as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) cracks down on businesses contributing to the …
The mayor of Tuba town in Benguet province has said he would not have allowed a television network to hold a concert at a watershed area that it helped popularise …
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology posted an advisory on Friday saying that Mount Bulusan Volcano in the Sorsogon Province region of Bicol on the island of Luzon was belching …
The ordinance said that organic agriculture zones “will be protected from encroachment and contamination by chemical-based farm inputs and genetically-engineered crops”. The zoning also protects indigenous farming practices related to organic farming …
The Ifugao rice terraces, ne of the most iconic landscapes of the Philippines is again in danger of deterioration. The UNESCO World Heritage Site covers about 1,600 hectares in the …
Iraya Mangyan representatives walked out of a meeting called by the National Commission on Indigenous People after they refused to sign a resolution to give up ancestral lands to make-way …
Environmental advocates presented a petition for the immediate suspension of the Australian Oceana Gold Didipio Mine in Nueva Vizcaya to the officials of Mines and Geosciences Bureau in a dialogue …
Angel the bottlenose pink dolphin, pictured above, is the world’s only albino dolphin in captivity. Angel was captured last year as a baby during the annual “drive fishery” in Taiji, …
Scientists in Australia have come up with a new way of preventing the spread of the potentially fatal dengue virus. Dengue Fever is said to infect some 100 million people …
This update comes to those in northern Philippines – as of Midnight April 2, on the path, direction and speed of Typhoon Chedeng. The typhoon has a rainfall radius at this …
Over half of the 100,000 hectares of mountains overlooking the province of Bulacan are sitting on one of the biggest deposits of tea rose marble in the world, worth up …
Typhoon Maysak has now turned directly into the Philippines area of responsibility and has now been renamed ‘Typhoon Chedeng.’ Meteorologists now warn northern Philippines will receive a direct hit from …
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea early Monday. The quake struck at a depth of 20 miles and about 40 miles from Kokopo in New …
A Doctor from the University of Santo Tomas has found a flowering plant in the mountains of Mt. Madia-as in the province of Antique, Philippines. The plant will be named Hedyotis …
Scientists have discovered the largest asteroid impact zone on earth. The discovery was concluded after scientists identified two collision sites in Queensland, Australia. Researchers from Australian National University said they …
A massive 500 kilo Malasugue (Blue Marlin) was caught off the coast of the Island Garden City of Samal, just east of Davao City. The 1,100-pound fish is a mega-catch …