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Tree-planting here, coastal clean up there. How exactly do these sustainability measures help in the fight against climate change?Enter En-Roads, a climate simulator legally owned and developed by Climate Interactive, with MIT Sloan as co-developers. Based on the best available science, it allows users to explore the impact of various …

Filipino artist Cian Dayrit to show three works in upcoming UK art exhibit on climate
Filipino artist Cian Dayrit is among the artists featured in the "A World of Water," an exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in the UK, which highlights the spiritual and material significance of water. Opening March 15, "A World of Water" launches the ambitious season named Can the …

PH is 10th most affected country by extreme weather events in last 30 years — Climate Risk Index 2025
If there's one thing to learn from Germanwatch's 2025 Climate Risk Index report (CRI), it's that climate change is not a problem in the faraway future. It's already happening now, and in the Philippines, it's already a lived reality. Published on Wednesday, the CRI 2025 showed the Philippines as the …

Climate change ‘supercharged’ the parade of typhoons the Philippines experienced in November
The Philippines experienced a parade of six typhoons within a month, and according to a study by World Weather Attribution (WWA), climate change had a lot to do with the unusual weather event.Released this week, the WWA study found that climate change made the conditions that formed and fueled the …

COP29 IS DONE: The drama, one-liners and PH civil society’s take on the $300-B deal
COP29 ran into overtime, officially finishing at 5:31 a.m. on Sunday morning, with a less than desirable result.Scheduled to conclude on Friday evening, what was known as the Finance COP delivered not only a new finance goal of $300 billion by 2035 but incredible drama that kept exhausted delegates, observers, …

Amid accelerating typhoons: PH the only Southeast Asian nation in Top 10 of Climate Change Performance Index 2025
Amid the parade of typhoons that has battered the country in recent weeks, the Philippines managed to become the only Southeast Asian country to figure in the Top 10 of the Climate Change Performance Index 2025 (CCPI), launched at the side lines of the 29th United Nations Conference of Parties …

From disaster response to climate impacts: How health is being integrated in PH's climate action
At the second and final week of the 29th United Nations Conference of Parties (COP29), representatives from the Department of Health (DOH) led by Undersecretary Gloria Balboa, joined the official Philippine delegation to make a case for health in climate action.This is only the second time that the DOH joined …

At COP29, Theo James delivers a speech, helps launch Refugees for Climate Action Network
Theo James made an appearance at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan Thursday to help launch the Refugees for Climate Action of the UNCHR.Lending his star power to the high level climate event usually attended by politicians and high-level government officials, "The White Lotus" actor made the …

PH signs host country agreement for Loss and Damage Fund Board
The Philippines has launched the operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund, after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) chief Ma. Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga signed the host country agreement for the board at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP) in Baku on Tuesday.“For the Philippines living with risks and …

COP29 must deliver the money, Philippine civil society organizations say
The 29th Conference of Parties, or COP29, is already underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, where world leaders are meeting and negotiating to agree on many things, chief of which is the new finance goal that will help developing countries cope with the climate crisis and support their climate action.Called the New …

How did the Philippines do in the just-concluded plastics negotiations in Canada?
The Philippines is among the 170 countries who sent a delegation to the just-concluded fourth round of negotiations for a legally binding plastics treaty in Ottawa Canada.Having concluded on Tuesday without agreement on a proposal to consider sustainable plastic production limits, Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, …

Is climate change to blame for the deadly Dubai flooding?
The rainfall that caused at least 20 deaths in Oman and four in Dubai last week was made 10-40% more intense by climate change, according to a rapid study by a group of international climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution Group (WWA).Rains usually occur in the Arabian Peninsula during …

READ: 2x savings to boost your finances
At first glance, Php200 might seem like a modest sum, just a small fraction of your monthly paycheck. Yet, as the saying goes, "Little drops of water make a mighty ocean." Imagine redirecting that same Php200 towards a significant goal – your savings. This perspective aligns perfectly with the Home …

READ: SB19, Mimiyuuuh: #MasMasarapMaiba
PEPSI ushers in a new era for SB19, Mimiyuuuh, and the next generation of Filipinos who are taking a bold stand to celebrate self-expression and authenticity. It starts with a single pulse, that living, vibrant rhythm that beats inside you. It serves as an internal compass that guides you towards …

READ: Live out your k-drama moment with soju
It's an all-too-familiar scene for an adult who is a K-drama fan: a green bottle of soju on the table as our favorite characters eat out after work or maybe shared between two college friends stealing glances at each other. If you can call out ‘geonbae!’ (which means cheers! or …

Finding strength in softness
Be proud of your softness, to be the kind of person who is open to their feelings and wears their heart on their sleeve. In a world that gives you reasons to be hard and heartless, being soft means you choose to be kind to others, to forgive rather than …

READ: Give your kids extra protection against COVID-19
Last May 2021, 15-year-old Alwin and his entire family tested positive for COVID-19, including his 8-year-old and 1-year-old siblings. His mom, Icel, was beside herself with worry. “Ako po at yung asawa ko pareho po kaming may symptoms. Buti na lang po yung tatlong anak ko asymptomatic silang lahat.” Icel …


READ: Build your international career today
Emjee, a nurse from the Philippines, is living her childhood dream. She works as a Community Nurse for the Holland Park National Health Service (NHS) District Nursing Team in the United Kingdom. In between her visits to patients, she gets to walk around the community and see the beautiful sights …

WATCH: Sarah G’s SUPREME cooking discovery
Ah, married life! Any married person will tell that it’s normal to wonder whether you're doing things right. Newlyweds might experience this a little more than others. For the newly married Sarah Geronimo, her moments of uncertainties come from cooking. As a wife, Sarah wants her husband to enjoy the …

LOOK: Team Bolzico shares their best parenting resource
A universal guidebook on parenting does not exist, but the collective advice from parents and medical experts is the next best thing. For first-time mom and dad Solenn and Nico Bolzico, it’s exactly what they needed when little Thylane Katana came into their life. It takes great teamwork to raise …

LOOK: This Laguna restaurant uses handcrafted, eco-friendly pizza boxes that support local weavers
A fledgling restaurant in Barangay Labuin, Pila, Laguna is making rounds on social media, and it's not just for their mouthwatering pizzas.

Janelle Frayna: The Young Queen
AT JUST 23 YEARS OLD, Janelle Mae Frayna is a force to be reckoned with. Witness: she is the first female chess grandmaster of the Philippines, earning the coveted title when she was just 20.

Heart Evangelista talks to one-legged cancer patient who walked from Masinag to checkpoint to get to PGH
Cynthia Espiritu, who posted her experience on Facebook, couldn't contain her joy when the Kapuso actress and style icon talked to her via Messenger video chat on Thursday.

Some fast food chains to go to for drive-thru, delivery during quarantine
Local fast food chains Jollibee, McDonald's and KFC have recently released their new schedule of operations in light of the recent enhanced community quarantine in the metro.

A Pinoy-developed app that helps people assess whether they are at risk for COVID-19 is in the works
FIGHTCOVID is a locally developed app that aims to address the overcrowding in hospitals by helping Filipinos determine whether or not they should get tested for COVID-19.

Here's how you can help stranded students in UP Los Baños
In an advisory posted in its Facebook page, the university set the schedule and drop-off points for receiving in-kind donations.

Former Sampaguita Pictures star Liberty Ilagan passes away at 76
Former Sampaguita Pictures actress Liberty Ilagan has died at 76 after battling a chronic lung disease.

Gospel singer Sandi Patty tests positive for COVID-19
Gospel singer Sandi Patty announced that she has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Celebrity moms homeschool kids amid enhanced community quarantine
Celebrity moms have started homeschooling their children as classes were suspended amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.