Category: Environment

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Philippines and China in naval spat at disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal

April 11, 2012April 11, 2012 benign0 31 Comments

China and the Philippines are once again locked in a naval spat after attempts by personnel from the Philippine Navy warship BRP Gregorio del Pilar to arrest Chinese fishermen found to be carrying contraband in Philippine waters were blocked by Chinese surveillance vessels. According to an Associated Press report… On Tuesday, Filipino sailors from the…

Environment, Government

The Dying Lands

April 9, 2012April 9, 2012 coolass 75 Comments

The health of every individual on this planet involves a balanced coexistence among four major elements in an ecosystem: water, soil, plants and animals; and the fate of human civilization depends on the use-or mis-use of these natural resources. Plant and animal life, being capable of reproduction, are classed as “renewable resources”; but soil, in…

A monument to Pinoy stupidity: the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

April 8, 2012August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 180 Comments

Now that the Mindanao power situation is on the verge of becoming a nationwide crisis, it looks like the issue of what to do with the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) will again be thrust into the spotlight. Your usual protesting militant and activist groups will say that health concerns, the unsafe technical and geographical…

Culture, Development, Economy, Environment, Government, Politics, Science, Society, Technology

Is garbage really a problem or an opportunity?

April 7, 2012April 7, 2012 coolass 24 Comments

Garbage has become a huge social and environmental problem to almost all the people in the modern world. Every day, millions of tons of garbage is stockpiled throughout the world, and strategies for its utilization had been laid down, in the sense according to economic principles of how to make profit with as small expenditure…

Development, Environment, Tech Talk

PNoy should have addressed Mindanao power crisis as soon as elected

March 31, 2012January 18, 2014 Ilda 94 Comments

It’s getting harder and harder for President Noynoy Aquino to blame the previous government for the problems besetting the country today. One such problem is the ongoing energy crisis gripping Mindanao. Yes, the problem already existed even before he was elected but he has done nothing to address the situation. His obsession with the persecution…

Development, Economy, Environment, Government, The South

Earth Hour 2012: the scam continues…

March 29, 2012 benign0 12 Comments

How many times in history have we embraced new technologies and the sales pitches that came along with them only to discover completely unexpected consequences that came (to be fair, along with the leaps in efficiency and seismic shifts in socio-economic paradigms) with them? Computers have not created the “paperless” office, nor eliminated time-wasting meetings…

Environment, Society, Tech Talk

Bottled water: suckering an entire generation

March 29, 2012 benign0 13 Comments

Imagine getting your power supply from big 220-volt cylindrical batteries that are charged at power generating plants and then delivered to you every week by truck to be hooked up to your home’s wiring. You then load the spent battery from the previous week onto the truck which then hauls it back to the nearest…

Environment, Lifestyle, Money Talks

Philippines: 16th largest economy by 2050? Here’s the truth!

March 16, 2012September 20, 2013 Ilda 103 Comments

Ugh…if I see another news headline comparing the Philippines to some kind of animal, I might just get physically sick. “Asian Tiger Economy of the World”; “The dark horse of the region”. Speaking of being sick, at least one headline referred to the Philippines as the “healthy man of Asia” as opposed to the perennial…

Economy, Education, Environment