Sustainable Structures

Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo has high hopes that Congress will soon enact the bill seeking to prohibit the oppressive “no permit, no exam” rule in all private and public educational institutions across all school levels. “Before Congress adjourned on June 3, the Senate agreed on May 31 to the request made by the House on […]

The Philippine President’s plan to collect, impound, and recycle Metro Manila’s stormwater for agricultural irrigation in surrounding provinces has drawn the support of a senior member of Congress. “We are all for it. Assuming the government can establish new large stormwater reservoirs for farm irrigation, then all of Angat Dam’s water reserve may be freed

America’s “exceptionally strong demand” for Filipino nurses is bound to aggravate the lack of nursing staff in Philippine government hospitals in the months ahead, Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo, House higher and technical education committee vice chairperson, warned last June 26. “To address their own shortages, American hospitals and staffing agencies are now aggressively recruiting

San Miguel Corp (SMC), through its food unit San Miguel Foods, has purchased over 1.3 million metric tons of corn amounting to P23.9 billion from farmers nationwide since 2020 to date. This is part of the company’s continuing initiative to source raw materials for its food products directly from local growers to help boost farm

Filipino researchers are one step closer to understanding engineered bamboo. A research team at the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) recently found that cross-laminated bamboo boards made from local species are a promising construction material. Explains Dr. Rico J. Cabangon, DOST-FPRDI Deputy Director and one of the researchers,

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) have joined forces to enhance support of the road safety sector by improving the quality of road infrastructure and implementing targets for road safety. The two bodies have established a partnership to enhance support for the road safety sector, in

Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr has challenged GCash and other Philippine-based mobile money operators to go global and help drive down high remittance charges that have been a burden to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Photo credit: Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels “We want GCash and other mobile money technology players to forcefully compete with banks in the

Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo has urged Maynilad Water Services Inc and Manila Water Co to brace for looming El Niño conditions that could potentially put Metro Manila and neighboring provinces at risk of another devastating water shortage. Photo credit: Arthouse Studio/Pexels “We do not want a repeat of the 2019 water crisis, so we

Zurich has taken the lead in this year’s IMD Smart City Index, with Oslo in second place and Canberra in third. Singapore has maintained seventh place for the third year running, emerging as the top Asian city in the Index. The Index, produced by The Smart City Observatory, part of the IMD World Competitiveness Center,

On World Water Day, San Miguel Corp (SMC) reported that its businesses collectively saved some 33,865,901,000 liters of water from 2017 to 2022—equivalent to the annual consumption of over 94,000 households, or the monthly use of over 1.129 million families. The water savings, part of the company’s long-running “Water for All” water sustainability initiative, represent