UN plans food airdrop in Syria

01/23/2016

UNITED NATIONS — As images and reports of starvation in besieged Syrian communities drew an international outcry and two rare aid convoys this month, an urgent question arose: Why not drop food and other needed supplies by…

Thousands still adrift

AP 05/23/2015

The UN refugee agency is estimating that over 3,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants — or even more — could still be adrift in the Andaman Sea. The exact numbers are not known, but the UN High Commissioner…

San Francisco vice mayor passes away

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/24/2015

The vice mayor of San Francisco town, Camotes, Cebu died of cancer yesterday at the Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu City. Vice Mayor Allan Arquillano, brother of former San Francisco Mayor Al Arquillano and incumbent San Francisco…

Struggling for balance

11/14/2014

The ongoing debate over the cutting of trees in various parts of Cebu underscores a  confusion over our development path. This confusion was addressed  more than two decades ago. The global soul searching for the balance between…

UN: Earth warming undeniable, pollution its chief cause

Bencyrus Ellorin 04/14/2014

The United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released today in Berlin, Germany its 5th Assessment Report that pointed to unequivocal proof of unprecedented warming of the planet’s temperature since the 1950s. The report also points…

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