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In Guihulngan, Negros Oriental: Poverty, armed conflict, contagion … and then there was football

The little girl went after the red ball with the ferocious energy of someone intent on scoring a goal. Lithe and agile, nine-year-old Lourdes Calago is one of 27 registered football recruits in the fishing village of Bucana, Barangay Poblacion, Guihulngan City in...

30 years after the 7.8 Luzon quake How prepared is the Philippines for the “big one”?

Where were you when the magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Luzon on July 16, 1990? Many of the millennials today were still too young to remember the biggest temblor that hit the country and killed 1,200 people, severely and moderately damaged 104,614 buildings, and cost...

Recover from a debilitating illness with home care

Your father just suffered a stroke and you had to rush him to the hospital for emergency care. After spending a few days at the Intensive Care Unit, he was finally transferred to a regular room. After two weeks, you were told that...

AMPLiFieD System to ease bottleneck in COVID-19 testing

As the Philippines hopes to transition from the COVID-19-induced community quarantine to the new normal, it is imperative that targeted mass testing is in place in order to contain further spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus.

Glancing at Ermita: From Rizal Park to Solidaridad

Rosario arrived in Alabang at 2 o’clock in the morning. We needed to wait for the dawn before travelling to our destinations for the day, so we stayed in a 24/7 coffee shop to kill the time. We reached Rizal Park just right after...

India election body struggles with scale of fake information

BHIMTAL, India (AP) — When India's Election Commission announced last month that its code of conduct would have to be followed by social media companies as well as political parties, some analysts scoffed, saying it lacked the capacity and speed required to check...

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On the road with my thoughts at BF Homes

I left the temple before dinner. Dada even asked me if I could stay longer, but I politely declined. I said I needed to...

Skydiving boogie over Binalonan

It was a fun weekend when skydivers turned the WCC airfield in Pangasinan into a drop zone. The event was the 1st Binalonan Skydiving Invitational...

UP Scientists’ Invention Could Lower Terahertz Antenna Device Cost

Scientists from the University of the Philippines – Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS) have developed a new semiconductor structure that could lead to more...

Scientists document new box jellyfish species in PH waters

The Philippines, located within the Coral Triangle, is recognized as one of the world’s richest marine ecosystems. Yet, many marine species—such as carybdeid box...