The elusive “political will”

“Over the past two decades, the Abuan River has been a highway for contraband wood logged in the precious forests of the Sierra Madre . Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of bugadors skilled in the ways of a treacherous river have made their living here, braving the rocky currents to supply narra, lauan and other precious wood [...]

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a natural storyteller

My sister flew home from Taiwan for a visit a few weeks ago, and she alerted me that Cebu Pacific’s in-flight magazine contained an article on Dr. Laurence Heaney. Fortunately, the article is available online and I didn’t have to book a flight to be able to read the feature on one of my favorite [...]

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Finding the balance

I came across two articles from the GMA news feed several weeks ago, both about the establishment of proposed renewable energy power plants and the opposition they presently face from local constituents. While the articles are not as recent, the issues they present are ever as fresh. I quote them both at some length here:
Class [...]

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The Tears of Sierra Madre

Just saw this story in Inquirer.net, which immediately transported me into a state of nostalgia and melancholy:
Help save Sierra Madre, tribe leader urges media
By Delfin Mallari Jr.
Southern Luzon Bureau
LUCENA CITY, Philippines — Using a borrowed mobile phone, a tribal leader in Sierra Madre in northern Quezon asked for media’s help to stop the renewed illegal [...]

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Punong Pinoy

A couple of posts back, a reader, Rey, shared the links to these videos their group made for the Clean and Green Foundation’s Trees for Life campaign, and they’re so interesting that we thought we might as well put them up as a full post here. Trees for Life advocates for the use of [...]

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