We are heading into summer while news of the spread of mosquito-borne infectious diseases like dengue and Zika is everywhere. What makes people so attractive to mosquitoes? Blood, yes. But first, it's CO2. Every breath we exhale alerts mosquitoes to the proximity of tasty blood....
In the 70s, a Davao family with business in Sta. Ana went to Manila to open an Ice Cream Parlor. They felt that they had many, too many older, established competitors. Taking a very bold step, they switched to the 1970s Manila fad, which was...
1800: At the dawn of the industrial revolution, planet’s CO2 concentration is around 280 ppm — 38% lower than today. 1896: Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius publishes first study tying CO2 emissions to fossil fuels. 1937: University of Wisconsin geographer Glenn Trewartha helps coin the...
Independence means freedom from the control of another. It could be symbolical or factual. There are 6 dates we can call Independence Day. April 27, 1521 when Lapu-Lapu refused to surrender to Spain and killed Magellan in the Battle of Mactan. It was the first...
I am now 85 years old. This is my unexpurgated version of how Davao became a City. In the 1850s trade between Asia and Europe increased because of the palm oil, rubber, TIN, tea plantations in India, Burma, Malaya, Borneo, (UK) Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos (French),...
The 40-day Lent Season starts on February 18 (Ash Wednesday) and ends on April 5 (Easter Sunday). It is a somber time focused on prayers, meditations, fasting (very little food) and abstinence (no food). Europe was a pagan region until it was Christianized. However, Europeans...
Amihan is a mild weather period starting late December to August. The wind blows from the east (Siberia, China, Japan) down to South China Sea, Indonesia and Philippine Archipelagos. It is a safe time to travel. Because maybe of climate change, the late December 2025...
The 2014 Ebola pandemic offered many lessons but perhaps none more apparent than the need to shift responsibility for public health from nations to the cities within them. The outbreak became a pandemic when the virus gained a foothold in cities, including Monrovia, in Liberia, Conakry,...
Chemicals known to Davao City to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm are contained in and around oil fields, service stations, refineries, chemical plants, transport and storage operations, including pipelines, marine terminals and tank trucks other facilities and equipment that manufacture produce, process,...
Time magazine made a survey asking people involved in helping others what they think of the future. Three focused on the youth and 2 dealt with environment and bringing people together. There are 5 namely: 1. Ketanji Brown Jackson - “Young people are my hope for...