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Luczon: Research is no nerd stuff

Nef Luczon / from 21 hours ago

IN COLLEGE, we had to deal with one important requirement before graduation: writing a thesis, also known as a (more than) year pouring your time, energy, and money on doing research.The “stigma” on doing research can be traced on two things: 1. We don’t know how or what to begin; ...

Ecobricks…liter of light…

Ms_neerod / from October 21, 2019

SINCE the tragedy of Typhoon Sendong that befell Cagayan de Oro City, local residents and our city disaster risk reduction management department are always on the lookout whenever heavy rain pours in. And since that tragic night almost eight years ago, the same areas still experience flooding. The massive infrastructure ...

Ravanera: ‘Self-gratification machines’

Orlan Ravanera / from October 21, 2019

HUMAN beings have been created in the “image and likeness” of God and the primary purpose of their existence is that through them, the divine purpose of the Universe will be unfolded. Unfortunately, such biblical lines have become purely rhetorical. Human beings, according to a study of the Oxfam University, ...

Ravanera: Rectifying social wrongs harnessing collective power (2nd part)

Orlan Ravanera / from October 16, 2019

FROM that of being a “paradise” on earth oozing with ecological wealth a century ago as 70 percent of the total land area was forested, the Philippines can now be described as the “Lost Eden!” Of the 17 million hectares of dipterocarp forests that was home to mega-diversity as one ...

Ravanera: Rectifying social wrongs harnessing collective power (1st of 2 Parts)

Orlan Ravanera / from October 16, 2019

IT IS an established truism that our country is oozing with ecological wealth especially in resource-rich Mindanao based on the study of Dr. Kent Carpenter of the United Nations’ Food & Agricultural Organization (UN-FAO). In that study, the Philippines is the richest with regards to biodiversity.Don’t you know that in ...

Water please

Ms_Neerod / from October 16, 2019

TUBIG!The City Council of Cagayan de Oro is currently deliberating whether to provide potable water supply in some upland villages. Unfortunately, our beloved city is facing a looming crisis-insufficient supply and access to safe drinking water. This is mainly because of the lack of latest technology, financial support and sense ...

Ajah, for traffic-free CDO

Ms_Neerod / from September 24, 2019

I AM not really fond of writing, I would rather read a book or watch a show (TV, film, concert, etc..). I was dumbfounded when my friend told me to try writing a column. I never thought in my wildest dream to write seriously where everyone can read and form ...

Vestil: The kids are not taking it sitting down

Val Amiel Vestil / from September 22, 2019

BY THE time you read this, hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world will have already brought themselves to the streets demanding for climate justice. This is not added noise to the streets. This is an outcry for a climate emergency. This is an outcry for ...

Ravanera: Housing debacle (2nd of 2 Parts)

Orlan Ravanera / from September 20, 2019

THE Office of the Chairman, CDA has received numerous complaints and sentiments from the abused AMVA cooperative members ranging from massive corruption, gross mismanagement to abuse and harassments.In fact, the Reform AMVA Movement (RAM), the courageous cooperative members who stand against chairperson Catayong have sent a letter to the President, ...

Ravanera: Empowerment for people, planet, prosperity and Peace (Part 2 of two Series)

Orlan Ravanera / from September 4, 2019

TODAY, thousands of cooperative leaders coming from all over Mindanao are attending the Summit to bring to the fore the glaring realities besetting the bountiful, but broken island of the brave and the free. They will serve notice to one and all the call: We must act now or we ...

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