Earthquake jolts Davao City, 2 hurt
An earthquake struck several areas in southern Mindanao on Thursday that injured two people in Davao City. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the 4.6-magnitude tremor was tectonic
Manila Times (Philippines)
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Military veterans seek new role in South Africa poaching war
TSHIPISE, South Africa: In another life, Lynn was a sniper in Afghanistan, Damien trained paramilitary forces in Iraq, and John worked undercover infiltrating drug cartels in central America. Now all
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Duterte won’t cut carbon emissions, hits rich nations
President Rodrigo Duterte has thumbed down the reduction of carbon emissions in the country, stressing that it’s the high-income countries that should cut back because they have the largest carbon footprint.
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8M living below poverty threshold
SOME eight million workers are living below the poverty threshold brought about by imbalance between current daily minimum wage and rising cost of living, according to the biggest confederation of labor
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Russia’s poverty rate reaches 9-yr high
MOSCOW: Russia’s recession-hit economy has propelled the country’s poverty rate to a nine-year high, state statistics published on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) showed, as the country struggles to cope with
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PhilCCAP rolls out climate change products
The Philippines Climate Change Adaptation Project (PhilCCAP), a foreign-funded program jointly implemented by several national government agencies, including the environment and agriculture departments
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$21.7M Korea-funded dam to reduce Isabela flooding
ILAGAN CITY, Isabela: In a bid to combat the effects of climate change such as flooding, a South Korean multi-million dollar irrigation water project called Pasa Dam in the northern part of Isabela is
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1 billion people lifted out of extreme poverty in 20 years
GENEVA: Mukhisa Kituyi, secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), announced on Monday that one billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty in 20
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Filipinos urged to reject coal mining in Palawan
A government official, a Ramon Magsaysay awardee, academicians, bishops and environmental activists were among those who are calling on the public in various parts of the world to sign an online petition
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16,000 children under 5 die each day
HOUSTON: Nearly 5.9 million children will die before their fifth birthday this year mainly of preventable causes, a UN report has warned, though the child mortality rate has fallen by more than 50 percent