February 12, 2013 | In: Environment Watch, General, Investigative Reports, Science and Technology
TUBBATAHA, the Philippines’ only national marine park, is home to about 600 species of fish and some 359 species of corals, or half the world’s coral species. No thanks to a grounded US vessel, Tubbataha is now in terrible...
December 10, 2012 | In: Access to Information, Freedom of Information, General, Media, Science and Technology, The Internet
BAD TIMING for a bad law? As the world marked International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, the government of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III asked the Supreme Court to lift the temporary restraining order (TRO) it issued in October against Republic Act...
October 16, 2008 | In: Public Health, Science and Technology
THE advent of nanotechnology -- the science of manipulating matter at the scale of atoms and molecules -- holds significant promise that could virtually revolutionize all types of industries. The limited understanding, however, and therefore, the lack...
October 10, 2008 | In: Environment Watch, Science and Technology
FROM the newest mobile phone and mp3 player to the most innovative laptop computer, Filipinos are never last with the latest trend in electronics. Indeed, there is no question as to the benefits offered by technology. But apart from its use, other...
June 23, 2008 | In: Governance, Science and Technology, The Internet
(UPDATED) THE Philippines has one of the poorest privacy safeguards in the world, according to the UK-based human rights group Privacy International (PI) in a forum organized last week by the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA). On a scale of one...
November 8, 2007 | In: Civil Society, Environment Watch, Governance, Public Health, Science and Technology
WOULD you care to dump your piss in the ocean and be known as a "climate warrior" like Al Gore perhaps? At least this is what “ocean nourishment” advocates seem to claim in planning to pump urea — a nitrogen-containing solid substance in...
October 7, 2007 | In: Environment Watch, i Report Features, Science and Technology
THERE is no Don Quixote in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, but Miguel de Cervantes’s delusional knight would certainly feel at home in the remote coastal town up north. As the latest piece in i Report’s Power and Poisons series recounts, 15 windmills have been...
