Explore more Articles in

Lifestyle

The war against colorectal cancer

In this month of March, the world celebrates Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This campaign was first launched in 1999 in the United States to promote colon cancer screening. Since then, it has been universally celebrated annually in March in several countries of the...

Globe Telecom anti-spam solution nets global recognition

Telco’s Project Watch wins for its solution to combat SMS spams and scams  Globe Telecom gained another milestone in the global telco arena after it bagged a major award at the recently-concluded 2018 Process Excellence Network (PEX) Awards held in Orlando, Florida, USA. The telco...

All about rice

“Rice is the one thing that truly defines Asia,” said Dr. Ronald Cantrell when he was still the Director-General of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Cantrell said that rice is the one thing shared by all from Pakistan to North Korea to Papua New...

Organic Farming: Benefits and limitations

In recent years, organic farming has become a trend toward a healthier lifestyle.  The government formalized the adoption of this farming system when Congress passed Republic Act No. 10068 or the Organic Act of 2010. Through the Act, the government has been mandated to “promote, propagate,...

Cambodia’s magnificent Angkor Wat

Finally, I had an opportunity of going to Cambodia to attend an international conference.  Had it been held in the country’s capital, Phonm Penh, I would have turned down the invitation. But when I learned that the venue will be in Siem Reap,...

Dancing her life: Rosalia Merino Santos by Alma Anonas-Carpio

"I would like that very much, yes.” Dance teacher Rosalia Merino Santos, a dainty woman of 94, said this in reply to the Philippines Graphic’s query about whether she would like to be named National Artist for Dance. This gracious nonagenarian consented to a...

Random Pickings

Newly discovered Philippine pitcher plant already in danger from climate change, poaching

Philippine scientists and an Australian expert have just confirmed a new species of pitcher plant found only on Palawan Island, but warn that it...

Tilapia: the aquatic chicken

Tilapia may be the most popular fish in the Philippines today but our forefathers had never tried it.  Although there are 700 species of...

Noticing Makati from underneath the sky

My feet were nailed for a while to the ground after seeing what was happening before me: The half-human half-horse creature, a tikbalang, was...

Kurit-Lagting, a collective artistic collaboration of Bicolano artists from Sorsogon, Albay, Catanduanes, Masbate and Camarines provinces with art advocacies on human rights and the...