Last year, tourism contributed 12.7% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). About 5.7 million Filipinos are working in the tourism industry – that’s about 14 for every 100 people.
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Unless watersheds are fully protected, Filipinos will never have a sustainable source of water in the near future. Already, some areas in the country are now experiencing water shortage.
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Geographically, the Philippines is an upland country because 60% of its 30 million hectares are classified as such. The uplands are rolling to steep areas where both agriculture and forestry are practiced on slopes ranging 18% upward.
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The world celebrated Christmas 2019 with much fanfare. But before the year ended, an outbreak of a novel coronavirus was reported in Wuhan, China. It became an epidemic when it spread not only in Wuhan but in other parts of China.
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Written by Henrylito D. Tacio SAVING DAVAO GULF “Making the conservation of diversity is a…
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Written by Henrylito D. Tacio Craig Jamieson may have been in the Philippines for only…
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Since time immemorial, man has traveled. The Bible, for instance, is replete of people who traveled from one place to another. In the book of Exodus, Moses led his people out of Egypt. In the New Testament, Paul chronicled his visit to various places through his epistles. Matthew wrote the story of the “wise men” who traveled from east to Jerusalem looking for the Holy Child so that they could worship Him.
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The Earth Science Communications Team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reports that over the past 170 years, human activities have raised atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide by 47% above pre-industrial levels found in 1850.