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Some powerful lessons from Switzerland
by Roman Floresca - October 27, 2014 - 12:00am
Switzerland can provide some powerful lessons in terms of water resources utilization.
BCDA plans $5-B ‘Green City’
by Roman Floresca - June 17, 2013 - 12:00am
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is preparing to launch before the year ends a $5-billion development project that will transform a sizeable chunk of the Clark reservation into a fully automated,...
SRA draws up roadmap for sugar industry
by Roman Floresca - August 14, 2011 - 12:00am
Once described as a sunset industry, the sugar industry has shown its resilience, surmounting one challenge after another.
Phl needs plan to weather 'perfect storm' - Dar
by Roman Floresca - March 20, 2011 - 12:00am
The Philippines, as do other developing countries, needs a contingency plan to weather what is developing to be a perfect storm, the head of an international agri-research institution said.
A city of pines down south
by Roman Floresca - July 25, 2010 - 12:00am
You feel the air getting colder as you wind your way up the tree-covered mountain.
The Medical City undertakes aggressive expansion binge
by Roman Floresca - April 29, 2010 - 12:00am
The Medical City (TMC) has allotted P750 million on an expansion binge that expands its reach to the Visayas and eventually to Mindanao.
The Amway story: An enduring partnership
by Roman Floresca - August 31, 2009 - 12:00am
It all started some 50 years ago when two friends – Steve Van Andel and Richard DeVos – decided to put up a business of their own.
NASA helps develop environment-friendly mosquito killing machine
by Roman Floresca - December 14, 2008 - 12:00am
Sitting in the yard drinking coffee or maybe beer while watching the sun slowly going down can be very relaxing, but not when there are mosquitoes to spoil the fun.
Ilocos Norte sets sights on global market
by Roman Floresca - May 13, 2005 - 12:00am
"If we want to succeed, we must compete on the global market." With these words, Ilocos Norte Governor Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. opened The Northern Summit 2005, a three-day convention to help open the eyes...
A ‘Smart’ way to protect our marine resources
by Roman Floresca - July 25, 2004 - 12:00am
Barangay Batasan is a tiny speck of land off the western coast of Bohol island. It is an elongated piece of land no more than a kilometer in length and something like a fourth of a kilometer in width.
Digging deep to cleanse the soil
by Roman Floresca - December 8, 2002 - 12:00am
LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Much of the things we did in the past were done with little regard for their long-term effects on people and environment. It was not until the recent past that humanity finally realized...
Commercial fishermen fight for survival
by Roman Floresca - July 13, 2001 - 12:00am
Galunggong, otherwise known as the poor man‘s fish, will soon disappear from public markets. That is if a new order issued by the Department of Environment and Natural...
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