When extracting natural wealth hardly brings sustainable development to communities
First Part of 3-Part Series
By JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS
TAYSAN, Batangas – “OUR town sourced most of its budget from the payment of taxes and regulating...
Getting away with Plastics
FROM the tiniest plankton to the largest whales, plastics impact nearly 700 species in our ocean
You’ve probably seen videos of these impacts first hand,...
Mining the Real Gold in Lobo
By MAHARLIKA M. MANALO
Last Part of 3-Part Series
“MINING has brought a lot of bad memories, doon sa mga barangay na sumuporta sa mining, namulot...
Nickel Asia group spends some P8.5M worth of seedlings for greening...
FOR 2022 alone, Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC) records 234,823 trees planted within its mining camps and has donated 185,466 seedlings to the Department of...
Shell Tabangao Refinery and BFP: Allies for a fire-safe Batangas
By JIM PALMA
IN line with the celebration of Fire Prevention Month this March, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation (PSPC) joined hands with the Bureau of...
Bagong tourist attraction, ikinakasa sa Batangas
By RICHARD L. VELASCO
KILALA ang bayan ng Batangas dahil sa mga ibat iba nitong pro-dukto gaya ng kapeng barako, bagoong, tawilis at marami pang...
Kababaihan gets Kabuhayan
By JOHN MAICO M. HERNANDEZ
MEMBERS of Kababaihan (Municipal Women Coordinating Council) in barangays Bignay and Lagadlarin in Lobo town in Batangas participated in the...
Hinatuan mining brings green jobs to communities
THE weavers in Sitio Campandan, in the island of Hinatuan, have been contracted by Hinatuan Mining Corp. (HMC), a subsidiary of Nickel Asia Corp....
CALABARZON’s SETUP Cooperators propagate ripple of assistance
IN this war against COVID-19, creativity coupled with faith are essential ingredients to survival. However, DOST-CALABARZON’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) cooperators prove...
DOST brings S&T to Verde Island, Pakaskas undergo improvement
By JOHN MAICO M. HERNANDEZ
IN an island where the unearthed capture of the world’s richest marine biodiversity is home, DOST Batangas has proven itself...
