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Email In the island forests of the western Pacific, there’s an otherworldly animal known as the Philippine tarsier. With bat ears, suction cup–like fingers, and giant golden eyes, the creatures would be easy to mistake for extras on a sci-fi movie set. But in fact, tarsiers are primates and distant relatives of humans. “They really look like little aliens jumping from tree to tree,” says Gab Mejia, a National Geographic Explorer and photographer based in the Philippines. The Philippines...

John Tria For this week’s column, I would like to focus on some online trends worth noting. It is important that we see trends, as they allow us to explore new business models that can help us navigate the new normal economy, which is increasingly digital, allowing even rural businesses to expand their horizons. The news of the new 88,000 new online business registrations  among the higher number of new businesses last year represents a shift in the way many businesses are done.(https://...

President Duterte pushed for the elevation of Lapu-Lapu to the country's pantheon of Filipinos heroes during the launch of P5,000 commemorative banknote and silver medal in honor of his victory in the battle of Mactan 500 years ago. (photo from RTVM) In a taped message aired during the ceremon

A good year for the Philippine eagle in 2020, but not for its supporters The country’s pandemic lockdown, among the longest and strictest in the world, curtailed field expeditions in the southern Mindanao region, impacting the conservation of the critically endangered Philippine eagles (Phitecopaga jefferyi). Despite the limitations, Philippine eagle conservationists and their partner agencies rescued seven eagles and sighted two new eagle families. Conservationists note that more eagles have...

Pag-asa is considered a conservation icon, bred and hatched in captivity through artificial insemination

The raptor named Pag-asa or Hope was hatched in 1992 at a sanctuary run by the Philippine Eagle Foundation. - AFP MANILA, Jan 8 (AFP): The first Philippine eagle bred in captivity in an effort to save one of the worlds most endangered birds has died from infections, conservationists said Friday. The raptor named "Pag-asa" or "Hope" was hatched in 1992 at a sanctuary run by the Philippine Eagle Foundation on the outskirts of the southern city of Davao. Pag-asa would have turned 2...

SunStar Contributed photo December 13, 2020 A FAMILY of the critically endangered Philippine Eagles has recently been spotted in the forests of Lupon, Davao Oriental. Official photographer of the Provincial Information Office, Eden Jhan Licayan, who took the photos and some video footage of the rare sightings, said he spotted a total of three Philippine Eagles during the four-day assessment of potential tourism sites in the area from December 7 to 10. Licayan said he first spotte...