WORLD WETLANDS DAY: A PIECE OF LAKE BUHI

Unknown to many here in Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur, February 2 of every year is World Wetlands Day—a global celebration aimed in raising public awareness as to the value of wetlands on people's lives. Lake Buhi to Buhinons is for fishery. Navigation. Domestic water supply. Electricity. Irrigation. For Noli and Esus, both 15, of Ipil …

PHOTO ESSAY: INSIDE METRO MANILA’S LAST RAINFOREST

Not many people have heard or been to this mini rainforest right in the heart of Mega Manila: the University of the Philippines Arboretum. Not even most "Kyusi" dwellers themselves. For one, it’s not heralded. A la Secret Garden. Two, the forest is shut off from the public's view by the edifices of UP Technohub …

IN PHOTOS: LAKE BATO. ORDER OF THE DAY

Henry Supnay watches over his hired crew as they mend fishing nets near Lake Bato floodwall. "These meshes could last twenty years were it not for the triple whammy of 2019," he muttered. He was referring to typhoons Sarah, Tisoy, and Ursula which hit the province one after the other on that year leaving their …

CITY WITHOUT PITY

Dusk settles upon Pook Arboretum as a family packs up from a siesta neath its growths.With the reclassification of Arboretum from a Protected Forest Area into an Academic Support Zone, the forest -- the last remaining urban forest in Mega Manila -- is now open to invasive development & commercialization.In other words -- destruction.

POOK ARBORETUM’S 60-MINUTE COMMUNITY PANTRY

The University of the Philippines Arboretum is a mini-rainforest situated in the heart of Mega Manila. Also called "Pook Arboretum," the forest is home to a community of urban poor: laborers, tricycle drivers, jeepney drivers, scavengers. Most of whom lost their livelihood due to the pandemic. To alleviate the difficult situation, residents set up a …

STRAIGHT FROM THE SEASHELL

Calatagan in one day. Put your hand in the hand of the man who walked on the water.