Letter to the Editor: Children's Rehabilitation Center

Stock photo of a child. Nongovernment
Children Rehabilitation Center* says
children were most affected by the
damage wrought by Typhoon Yolanda
/Haiyan.

Children of the storm

in need of immediate

psychosocial intervention

 

THE havoc brought by super Typhoon Yolanda (International name Haiyan) last 8th of November 2013 has caused major devastation to hundreds of thousands of Filipinos.

Religious Procession

CYCLING SIGHTS. Believers march along Kalentong road towards
Shaw Boulevard in a religious procession of a statue of the Christ
the King on November 24, 2013. Majority of the population of the Philippines
are devout Catholics, practicing the rites that fused with ancient animistic
beliefs. (Photo by Dennis D. Estopace)

Cherubim and Seraphim Concert

Prof. Elena Rivera Mirano, Ph.D.
of the UP College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines,
Diliman, Quezon City, explains the repertoire of
the Cherubim-Seraphim during the concert of the official children's choir
at the Abelardo Hall, College of Music, UP Diliman,
on November 21, 2013. (Photo by Dennis D. Estopace)

Ten Moves! hands over new schoolbuilding for Sendong survivors

Photo from Ten Moves!

Student survivors of Typhoon Sendong have more reasons to rejoice. On Friday, May 24, 2013, officials and representatives from CLSA Chairman's Trust and TEN Moves! formally handed over a two-storey, four classroom-building at Angelico J. Medina Memorial Elementary School, which serves the educational requirements of children in Barangay Sta. Elena, Iligan City.

Outbreak of unapproved GE wheat shows GE crops cannot be controlled – Greenpeace

From Greenpeace Blog

Responding to news that unauthorised genetically engineered (GE) wheat has been found growing in the US, Greenpeace International scientist Janet Cotter made the following statement:

Story: Govt to spend P25B to boost IT offshore industry

Tue for Wed / May 21 for May 22, 2013

Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter

THE Philippine government plans to spend P5 billion a year to boost the share of the country’s offshore industry in gross domestic product growth.

UN atomic energy agency develops flying drone to scan radiation-hit Fukushima

Vienna, Austria – Two years after the nuclear disaster that released high levels of radiation over Fukushima Prefecture in Japan, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the United Nations (UN) introduced a prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that could monitor radiation levels in the Japanese prefecture.