April 27, 2014
Stray golf balls, catfish of unknown provenance, and a life-size statue of the scourged Jesus Christ that roams the grounds during the wee hours are just some of the stories told by residents inside the Bautista compound in Malabon.
Resting at the border shared with Caloocan, the 4,000-square-meter property used to host a single structure built by German national Otto Scherer in the 1930s that was taken over by the Japanese imperial army during World War II.
After the war, the legendary […]
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April 27, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources, launched a video documentary on Philippine marine biodiversity that coincided with Earth Day on April 22.
The project, which marks her third collaboration with internationally acclaimed director Brillante Mendoza, aims to raise awareness on the current condition of the country’s marine life and underwater resources.
Senator Legarda was inspired to do the project after watching marine videos taken by underwater videographer Robert “Bobbit” Suntay, co-founder and executive director of […]
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April 26, 2014
IN A bid to raise awareness on the current condition of the country’s marine life and underwater resources, Senator Loren Legarda, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, launched a video documentary on Philippine marine biodiversity at the National Museum last Tuesday.
“There has been too much destruction and desecration of our natural resources including our seas. We see bodies of water littered with various kinds of waste, but beyond the surface of these waters we discover greater […]
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April 23, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda, chairperson of the Senate climate change committee, on Tuesday renewed her call for the protection of the marine diversity and the preservation of the ecosystems in the country.
Legarda made the call as the world celebrates the Earth Day today (Tuesday, April 22).
She stressed that the Philippines is one of the 17 megadiverse countries, home to majority of Earth’s species.
”Unfortunately, we are also one of the world’s top biodiversity hotspots, with a large number of species that are […]
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April 23, 2014
“Gutom (hunger),” Sen. Loren Legarda said is what’s in store for the Filipino people if destruction of our marine resources is not stopped.
Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on Environmetn and Natural Resources, presented the grim scenario during the launch of a video documentary on Philippine Marine Biodiversity at the National Museum on International Earth Day.
Directed by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Brillante Mendoza and shot by underwater videographer, Robert Suntay, the documentary is part oc a campaign to prod Filipinos to […]
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