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Next CoViD-19 hotspots may be evacuation centers this storm season; disaster management council must act now, PH solon urges

With the Philippines now well into the most active period for typhoons, a senior member of Congress wants the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to produce a new template for emergency evacuation centers that would be resistant to CoViD-19. “We urge the NDRRMC, along with the CoViD-19 Inter-Agency Task Force, to set […]

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Youth urged to become ‘urban farmers’, grow food in small spaces

Last June 19, during the 5th episode of the online series “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Pathways” on the topic “Growing Your Own Food Part 2”, House Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda featured urban farming and home gardening tips and advice from experts and advocates. She also urged schools and

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Radio and internet set to become the main platforms in ‘new normal’ education

School’s definitely out until a vaccine for the novel Coronavirus becomes readily available, so declared Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during one of his late-night briefings to the nation a few weeks ago. For the country’s science and technology department, however, that doesn’t mean the learning should stop. Before the CoViD-19 outbreak forced the Philippine government

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San Miguel Corp, Department of Agriculture open more rolling stores in fuel stations

San Miguel Corp (SMC), the Philippines’ largest corporation, and the Department of Agriculture have expanded the network of “Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita” rolling farmers’ stores at Petron gas stations in Metro Manila, a further boost to the agricultural industry reeling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, while providing consumers easier access to fresh

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Electrification powers Nissan’s sustainable transformation, profitability plan

(Editor’s note: This article has been updated as of August 18, 2021) Not even the current pandemic can stop Nissan Motor Co Ltd from laying the groundwork for the company’s four-year plan to achieve sustainable growth, financial stability, and profitability by the end of the fiscal year 2023. Part of this long-term plan is to

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2020 look-back: EV makers were right, the sales drop was really just a ‘Bump In The Road’

On May 27, 2020, TessDrive published the story “CoViD-19 Slams Brakes On Electric Vehicle Sales Globally; Makers See It As Mere ‘Bump In The Road’” that described the slumping sales of internal combustion engine (ICE)-powered vehicles as well as that of electric vehicles (EV). In April 2020, energy research company Wood Mackenzie predicted more than

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WHO: Climate change, CoViD-19 are linked; PH Rep holds virtual discussion on living sustainably amid pandemic

(Editor’s note: This article has been updated as of August 15, 2021) In an April 22, 2020 question-and-answer session, the World Health Organization declared that the ongoing global pandemic resulting from the spread of the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) has had an effect on the global efforts to mitigate climate change. Here are some of the

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Bamboo-framed face shields turned over to frontliners

As the entire National Capital Region and Cebu City in the Philippines remain in a modified enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status, which means these affected areas are still in relatively high risk of exposure and spread of the deadly new Coronavirus Disease-2019 (CoViD-19), the Department of Science and Technology- Forest Products Research and Development Institute

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