Archive for the 'Global Concerns & Issues' Category
There a lot of short video clips posted in the internet showing what typhoon Ondoy has done to the greater areas of Metro Manila. These videos were mostly taken using mobile handyphones and you can easily access the video through www.youtube.com. Simply type Ondoy in the search box and you’ll see numerous lists of [...]
October 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Global Concerns & Issues | No Comments
Its been more than 4 months since the first case of aH1n1 flu virus was reported in the Philippines and number of cases continue to increase. It was never thought then that the virus would reach our locality that fast. But just recently classes were suspended for 10 days or so in many private schools [...]
August 14th, 2009 | Posted in Global Concerns & Issues | No Comments
Have you watched Will Smith’s movie, I AM LEGEND? The movie shows the aftermath of a pandemic which wiped out civilization and completely irradicated mankind. What if its going to happen soon? How possible is it to happen? Well of course turning one into monsters and vampires from viral infection are quite obscure.
The world now [...]
June 15th, 2009 | Posted in Global Concerns & Issues | No Comments
AH1N1 influenza virus cases in the Philippines continue to rise. Few days back, De La Salle University reported 3 of its students, including two Japanese exchange students, have been infected with the dreadful influenza virus.
June 8th, 2009 | Posted in Global Concerns & Issues | No Comments
You must have heard in many media (newspaper, radio, internet, TV, movies, documentary film) about global warming? But are you really fully aware of the consequences of this global issue? Are we really doing something to keep it from happening?
May 30th, 2009 | Posted in Global Concerns & Issues, Uncategorized | No Comments
Just yesterday, New York confirmed two more swine flu deaths. A 41 year old woman from Queens and a 34 year old woman from Brooklyn. This is really alarming considering these cases of death happened in developed cities. What more do we expect from third world countries, like the Philippines. Are we ready to [...]
May 28th, 2009 | Posted in Global Concerns & Issues, Science & Medicine | No Comments
How well do you know about Global Warming? What really is Global Warming?
Global warming could do more than just melting of polar ice caps. It could erase major cities in our maps, and displace millions of people from cities and tropical islands.
May 26th, 2009 | Posted in Global Concerns & Issues | No Comments
MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE) The Department of Health (DoH) confirmed on Sunday the country’s second case of the potentially deadly Influenza A(H1N1) virus.
May 25th, 2009 | Posted in Global Concerns & Issues | 1 Comment
AH1N1 Virus is here in the Philippines! The Department of Health confirms that a female traveller from the United States who arrived last May 18, 2009 is positive of AH1N1 virus.The said traveller is now in quarantine along with her immediate household members to prevent transmission.
May 24th, 2009 | Posted in Global Concerns & Issues, Science & Medicine | 9 Comments
There are 10,000 people dying everyday due to hunger and malnutrition
I got a very disturbing email from my college mate today. He attached in the mail a short video film about hunger and poverty in the Philippines brought about by Globalization. This film was produced and submitted by Ferdinand Dimadura during the 56th Berlin International [...]
May 16th, 2009 | Posted in Global Concerns & Issues | No Comments