Maling iniugnay ng isang TikTok video noong ika-20 ng Oktubre ang pangunguna ng Pilipinas sa 2024 worldwide risk index sa mga isyu ng kapulisan, sa diumano’y pagtigil ng giyera kontra droga, at malawakang korapsiyon.
Meneleo J. Carlos Jr., businessman and industrialist known for his stewardship of the pioneering Philippine chemical conglomerate Resins Inc. as well as his active involvement in various national business organizations, died peacefully Friday night, May 17, at the age of 95.
Rapid deforestation and illegal logging, which remain rampant, are the main culprits, in the devastating landslides and flooding to hit Davao Region. Data and interviews done by PressOne.PH revealed that policy gaps, corruption, and politics accelerated these problems. Here’s what the data revealed.
Rodrigo Duterte has called on developed countries to take “deep and drastic cuts” in carbon emissions to avoid global warming, blaming wealthier states for the series of natural disasters that left a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines.
A recent UN report, titled “The Human Cost of Disasters,” showed that a total of 149 million Filipinos have been affected by 304 disasters in the past two decades, mainly climate disasters. Within this number are hundreds of thousands of farmers and fisherfolk whose livelihood sources are consistently devastated by strong typhoons, droughts, and sea level rise.
