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Luis “Junyee” Yee, Jr.: A Portrait of an (National) Artist as Filipino Photo by Richie Macapinlac. 2021 ARTIST’S PROFILE   I first met Junyee when I was a student at the University of the Philippines in the early seventies. Together with some artist friends, we would later visit him when he began living in the campus of UP, Los Banos, which has become his home and a source of indigenous materials and inspiration for the site-specific installations for which he became widely known as the ...

10 Most Beautiful Flowers in the Philippines Author: Here are 10 of the most beautiful flowers in the world! Beautiful Flowers Found in the Philippines The Philippines is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Despite its small size, it is one of the 18 mega-biodiverse countries in the world, which include large nations like Brazil, China, India, Australia, and the United States. It ranks fifth in the number of plant species and maintains 5% of the earths flora. It has 10,045 kinds of vasc...

The sharp increase in the number of resorts in Laguna the past few years has been worrisome as far as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is concerned. WATER-INTENSIVE BUSINESS--Resorts flourish in Laguna, but their effects on the sustainability of the Mount Makiling waters

Dont show me this message again✕ Kirk Taray holds onto a bat that was caught on a mist net as Ryan Llamas holds up a torch during field work at Mount Makiling in Los Banos, Laguna province, Philippines (Reuters) Researchers wearing headlamps and protective suits race to untangle the claws and wings of bats caught up in a big net after dark in the Philippine province of Laguna. The tiny animals are carefully placed in cloth bags to be taken away, measured and swabbed, with details logged and ...

Located within the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) campus, the Botanic Garden features native and non-native trees and lesser-known plants and flowers. It’s a special treat for plantitos and plantitas.

Residents living near Mount Makiling have alerted local officials on Thursday, Feb. 11, after smoke was visibly seen coming out in the foothills of the dormant volcano.

Philippine Forest Trees Threatened by Deforestation and Climate Change Written by AZoCleantechJan 29 2021 NUS ecologists develop models that identify major threats to a dominant tree family in the Philippines. Already reduced by deforestation, climate change is set to further undermine their survival. Figure 1. A large Shorea guiso (Dipterocarpaceae) in Mount Makiling in Laguna Province, Philippines. Image Credit: Ma. Rovelyn and Roven D. TUMANENG The tree species in the Dipterocarpaceae family...

Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:03am 2 Favorites [+] Rebellion Publishing is getting in the novella game: Today, the publisher announced Solaris Satellites, a series that will publish three SFF novellas each year. The first Satellites, available this year, are from Premee Mohamed, Derek Künsken, and Wayne Santos. “Novellas are where the genre is at right now: a neat little package, with more room to breathe than a short but without the  hulking commitment of a novel (or series!). Some of the cleverest,...

Actor Raymond Bagatsing and Radhaa Nilia Contribute to the Maharlikan Sunrise Festival amidst Covid-19 Lockdown "International Actor Raymond Bagatsing Host the17th Maharlika Sunrise Festival 2020, while Radhaa Nilia brings sacred storytelling with Goddess Activations™ with legendary Goddess Maria Makiling. She is known for her fierce love of nature and she is a nature Goddess. Radhaa shares her connection, knowledge and healing around Maria Makiling as a very important feminine figure of this...