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National Disaster Coordinating Council or NDCC declares that Bagyong Ondoy death toll as of September 29, 2009, has risen from 140 yesterday to 240. Meanwhile, 37 are still missing and damages to properties rose to 1.4 billion pesos. Help Hotlines and contact numbers: PAGASA- 4338526 Caloocan – 3866568 NDCC – …

Ayon sa National Disaster Coordinating Council o NDCC, 140 na ang kumpirmadong patay, 32 ang hanggang ngayon ay nawawala at 5 naman ang sugatan. Tinataya namang 1 bilyong piso ang pinsalang idinulot ng bagyong Ondoy sa mga ari-arian. UPDATES San Mateo, Rizal 100,000 ang apektado ng bagyong Ondoy. 80% ng …

Sept 26, 2009 1900 H The winds are almost gone and there’s only light rain. But according to the news, the floods are still going up in some parts of Marikina and Rizal. No reports on other provinces, and hopefully Batangas did not take much of a hit. Sen. Gordon …

Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental human need and therefore, a basic right. Contaminated water jeopardizes both the physical and social health of all people and it is an affront to human dignity (WHO, 2003). In one of my discussions yesterday in my Intro to Development Communication class, …

Time passes really fast and now we are starting to count the days before Christmas again. I’ve been hearing Christmas carols since the first day of September and that signals preparation for the holiday season. And when you say holiday season, it means you have to stretch out your budget …

So here’s one of the last entries to be submitted to Yugatech’s Free-Passes-to-the-SEMCon 2009. It’s the best one for me no doubt, but that’s because I haven’t read the other entries yet. Might as well might. I want to attend SEMCon 2009 for the following reasons. I just started an …

Yesterday, September 13, 2009, SM City Lipa celebrated the special day for Grandparents. The whole day celebration jumpstarted with a holy mass attended by Lipa City Senior Citizens and their families In his homily, Fr. Ernesto Mandanas said that the young ones must look up to their lolos and lolas …

Households in the Philippines are commonly made up of extended family members, which may usually include grandparents. Filipino family members are closely knit that even after years of marriage, couples still stick to their parents and still choose to live under one roof. Though we seem to have this very …