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(Eagle News) — Isang health and wellness seminar ang isinagawa sa bayan ng Roxas na dinaluhan ng mga nurses, midwives, nutritionist at maging ng mga agricultural technologist at LGU offices head ng nasabing bayan. Layon ng isinagawang seminar na maipabatid sa bawat komunidad kung ano ba ang pinagmumulan at sanhi ng mga sakit na nakapipinsala sa kalusugan ng bawat tao. Ayon kay Dra.Susan Balingit, Guest Speaker sa seminar, ang pagkaing nakahain sa mga hapag […]
YAKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) — One of the coldest cities in the world could grow its own vegetables in Japanese-designed greenhouses in temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius. Yakutsk, a city 5,000km from Moscow in eastern Siberia, has just five hours of daylight in the winter months and an average temperature of minus 34 degrees Celsius. No crops can be grown in the frozen soil. The region’s authorities teamed up with partner Hokkaido Corporation […]
by Yussel GONZALEZ Agence France-Presse In a teeming, hardscrabble neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City, Virginia Solis spends a big part of her day hauling sloshing buckets to her home — one of tens of thousands in the capital without running water. Solis lives in the shadow of a ruddy mountain on the sprawling city’s far east side, in an impoverished district called Iztapalapa. There are no water pipes in her neighborhood. Instead, tanker […]
by Martin Parry Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The world needs to do more to protect the Antarctic wilderness and its wildlife, scientists warned Tuesday, as they marked World Penguin Day. The flightless seabirds — a favorite with children for their clumsy, waddling gait — offer a useful yardstick for researchers to judge the health of their habitat. “Penguins are great ambassadors for understanding the need to conserve Southern Ocean resources,” Christian Reiss, an Antarctic […]
JIXIAN COUNTY, China (CCTV) — A section of the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River in Jixian County, north China’s Shanxi Province, has turned the water from yellow to clear, presenting a magnificent sight that attracts crowds of visitors. Water flows of the Yellow River usually become low in the period from April to June every year, when minor waterfalls have disappeared, leaving only the major one, with the water turning from yellow sandy into […]
Sikat ang mga sakura flower sa China, pero ang mas agaw pansin ngayon sa lugar ay ang paglutang ng mga green Sakura na syang bihira lamang at syang nagpadagdag sa ganda ng iba pang bulaklak. Kaya naman agad itong dinayo ng mga residente at turista sa lugar upang makapagpa-litrato sa unique green flowers na ito. Ayon sa residente sa lugar, ang nasabing puno ng sakura ay nasa edad na ng 30s O 40s na syang […]
Ni Judith Llamera Eagle News Service Paiimbestigahan ng isang environmental group sa Kongreso ang mga diumano’y masamang epekto ng reklamasyon, at ang plano ng Philippine Reclamation Authority na magpatawag ng summit sa Abril na may kaugnayan sa pagtatapos ng nalalabing reclamation project sa bansa. Palaisipan umano kay Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas chair Fernando Hicap ang pagpapatawag ng summit ng PRA sa ika-24 at ika-25 ng Abril na may kaugnayan sa nga reclamation project […]
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte (Eagle News) – Nakiisa ang pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Surigao del Norte sa Pagdiriwang ng International Earth Day. Ang pagdiriwang ay may temang “Environmental and Climate Literacy.” Bilang proyekto ng nasabing pagdiriwang ay nagsawaga sila ng tree planting nitong Biyernes, April 21. Sumama sa aktibidad ang mga empleyado ng Kapitolyo. Nakiisa rin ang mga tauhan ng Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) at […]
by Pierre-Henry Deshayes Agence France-Presse Kautokeino, Norway (AFP) — Winter temperatures in Norway’s Lapland could rise dramatically this century, with potentially devastating consequences for the region’s reindeer and the indigenous Sami people who make their living herding them. A vast frozen tundra, the mountainous Finnmark plateau in Norway’s far north, is experiencing a hot spell — relatively speaking — wreaking havoc on the centuries-old Sami way of life. “We already feel the effects of global warming […]
(Eagle News) — Pinakahahangad ng maraming mga Pilipino na magkaroon ng malinis na bansa at malusog na mamamayan. Naniniwala sila na kapag nawala ang mga coal plant sa bansa ay makakamit nila ang hangaring nabanggit. Kaugnay nito, isinusulong ng ilang grupo ang paggamit ng renewable energy at maging coal-free ang mga bansang kasapi sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations o ASEAN. “People’s Challenge: Coal Free ASEAN” ito ang kanilang battle cry sa nalalapit na pagdadaos […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out within a few years, scientists warned Wednesday. Illegal killing of leopards in the Soutpansberg Mountains has reduced their numbers by two-thirds in the last decade, the researchers reported in the Royal Society Open Science journal. “If things don’t change, we predict leopards will essentially […]
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ang ilang ahensiya ng Lamitan City sa Basilan ng clean-up drive nitong Martes, April 18 sa lahat ng metro barangay kabilang ang Sta. Clara at Ubit. Pinangunahan mismo ni Mayor Rose Furigay at asawang si Vice Mayor Roderic Furigay ang aktibidad. May tema itong “Environmental and Climate Literacy” alinsunod na rin sa paggunita ng Earth Day Celebration. Ang nasabing socio-civic activity ay pinangunahan ng mga empleyado ng Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) na […]
