Earth’s ozone layer is healing–UN

AP 11/08/2018

Washington — The earth’s protective ozone layer is finally healing from damage caused by aerosol sprays and coolants, a new United Nations report said. The ozone layer had been thinning since the late 1970s. Scientists raised the…

Mars making closest approach to Earth in 15 years

AP 07/26/2018

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, United States — Now’s the time to catch Mars in the night sky. Next week, the red planet is making its closest approach to Earth in 15 years. The two planets will be just…

Celebrating, caring for Mother Earth

Sofia Aliño Logarta 04/25/2018

Sa Mata sa Kababayen-an” the LAW Center, Inc. TV program at the Cebu Catholic Television Network hosted various groups who shared their advocacy for nurturing of the environment. This year when it celebrates its centennial, UP Cebu…

Cebu bikers: Help save the earth with bike lanes please

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/08/2018

How does a shared bike lane in Cebu City sound to you? If the bikers’ dreams were to come true in the near future, Cebu City would have cleaner air and less traffic, they said. “I guess…

SM malls mark Earth Hour

PR 04/03/2018

SM Supermalls nationwide including SM malls in China, took part of the worldwide campaign, Earth Hour last March 24, 2018. As a symbolic show of solidarity, SM City Cebu together with the local non-government organization, SEED4COM marked…

Cebu City joins Earth Hour observance

Morexette Erram 03/24/2018

An estimated five thousand bicycle riders and hundreds of people flocked to Plaza Independencia to celebrate Earth Hour 2018 at past 8 pm Saturday, March 24. The event organized by Cebu City Hall, Habagat, and non-profit organizations Eco-Tabang…

5K cyclists to join Earth Hour ride in Cebu City

Doris Mae Mondragon 03/21/2018

At least 5,000 cyclists are expected to join a 7.5 kilometer night ride to commemorate Earth Hour 2018 on Saturday, March 24. The night ride starts from Plaza Independencia and cyclists will turn right to MJ Cuenco…

A threat to the earth

Editorial 03/16/2018

Government officials have emphasized the economic benefits of oil and natural gas mining in Alegria town of southwestern Cebu as they anticipated the start of such activity by the Chinese International Petroleum Company Limited. Alegria Mayor Verna…

Enter the Earth Dog

Jaime Picornell 03/08/2018

THE MARCO Polo Plaza Hotel ushered in the year of the Earth Dog with the usual pageantry—firecrackers, zymbals, and clamgor galore the night of Feb. 15, eve of the actual Chinese New Year. There was general manager…

3 space station astronauts return to Earth

AP 02/28/2018

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Three astronauts returned from the International Space Station to the snowy, bitingly cold flatlands of Central Asia, ending a 5 1/2-month mission highlighted by robotic renovations, schoolteacher pep talks and heavenly greetings from…

Christmas notes

JASON BAGUIA 12/26/2017

The evening was slightly windy. The facade of the cathedral shone with lights that traced its edges, doors and windows. Worshippers in their best outfits flocked into the house of prayer, though others chose to sit on…

Healing our ailing Earth

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/05/2017

Hats off to Ecowaste Coalition, the foremost waste and pollution watchdog in our country, for the persistence and determination to mainstream the ecological values and principles behind the much-neglected RA 9003, the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act…

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