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Movie reviews: All 5 Sinag Maynila 2018 feature length films

Mar 17, 2018 - 8:55 AM

Movie critic Oggs Cruz gives his take on the films shown in this year's Sinag Maynila festival

EcoWEB: Helping Mindanao farmers rise from conflict

Mar 10, 2015 - 6:27 PM

How has one social enterprise helped Mindanao farmers produce more and rise above their vulnerability to conflict?

WOKING TOGETHER. Individuals from the civil society of Nunungan gather to participate and discuss the government’s poverty reduction program. Photo from the EcoWEB Facebook page

Coconut pest infestation at 'manageable' level

Feb 11, 2015 - 2:41 PM

The pest is here to stay however says the government Funds have been allotted to monitor the remaining 9 hotspots and prevent the infestation from spreading

'YOLANDA OF PESTS.' The coconut scale insects, looking like brown, creamy spores, attach to the undersheath of coconut tree leaves

Paris tourists share picnics with rats at the Louvre

Jul 29, 2014 - 11:59 PM

According to officials at the Louvre rats are present all year but are more prevalent in summer because they are attracted by the availability of food from tourists picnics

LOUVRE.  People take in the sun near a fountain in front of the Louvre Pyramid in Paris. File photo by AFP/BERTRAND GUAY

Gov't reveals plan to contain coconut pest outbreak in 6 months

Jun 30, 2014 - 6:39 PM

The number of infested trees has nearly doubled in 60 days But the government says it is waging an all out war against the pest

RACE AGAINST TIME. The government hopes to stop the spread of the new coconut pest in 6 months. Photo by Pia Ranada/Rappler

Saving the PH coconut industry

Jun 26, 2014 - 10:42 PM

The best way to save the country s agriculture industry is to empower its farmers

PH COCONUTS. Coconut trees in San Pablo, Laguna. Photo by Karl Cadapan

Coconut pest threatens Mimaropa, Bicol, Zamboanga

Jun 09, 2014 - 11:48 PM

The government aims to implement a 6 month program to control the outbreak

THE PEST. The coconut scale insects, looking like brown, creamy spores, attach to the undersheath of coconut tree leaves

Malacañang issues order to contain coconut pest outbreak

Jun 06, 2014 - 4:49 PM

Executive Order 169 aims to combat an epidemic that endangers the country s 2 billion coconut industry which provides livelihood to 3 5 million farmers

DEATH THROES. A coconut farmer in Laguna had no choice but to cut down his infested coconut tree (left) while another of his trees (right) is also severely infested. Photo by Pia Ranada/Rappler

PH to lose P186M a year from coconut pest outbreak

May 14, 2014 - 10:50 AM

The Typhoon Yolanda of pests may threaten the country s position among the top coconut producers in the world

THE PEST. The coconut scale insects, looking like brown, creamy spores, attach to the undersheath of coconut tree leaves

4 provinces to be put under quarantine vs coconut pest

Mar 19, 2014 - 3:31 PM

By the end of March checkpoints in Batangas Laguna Cavite and Quezon will regulate the entry and exit of coconut goods

DYING TREE OF LIFE. Infested coconut trees near Mt Makiling in Los Baños, Laguna have yellowing, dying leaves. All photos by Pia Ranada/Rappler

#PugadBaboy: Putakte punchline 3

Jan 21, 2014 - 5:00 AM

How to get rid of wasps

#PugadBaboy: Putakte

Jan 21, 2014 - 5:00 AM

How to get rid of wasps

#PugadBaboy: Putakte punchline 2

Jan 21, 2014 - 5:00 AM

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What goes into the building of classrooms

Oct 29, 2013 - 7:58 PM

For Education Secretary Bro Armin Luistro building classrooms goes beyond meeting targets

FACTORS. The Department of Education wants more than just meeting its target of 66,800 classrooms before 2013 ends. File photo by Jee Geronimo/Rappler