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CRISPR, gravity waves, water on Mars: A decade of discoveries

Ivan Couronne and Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Dec 17 11:45 AM

From finding the building blocks for life on Mars to breakthroughs in gene editing and the rise of artificial intelligence, here are six major scientific discoveries that shaped the 2010s -- and what leading experts say could come next. Read more »

UP NOAH: Sumunod sa building code upang maging ligtas sa lindol

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Dec 16 11:51 PM | Updated Dec 17 01:25 AM

Dagdag pa ni Lagmay, kung naitayo ayon sa building code ang gusali hindi dapat ito nagigiba. Read more »

Explainer: How Davao del Sur’s M6.9 quake may be linked to October temblors

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Dec 16 10:34 PM

“It appears whatever forces acting on these faults is also the same with the one in Tangbulan fault.”  Read more »

Made in the Philippines: Ang kuwento sa likod ng signs sa jeepney

ABS-CBN News
Dec 16 05:47 PM

“Basta driver, sweet lover”, “Kalimutan mo na ang lahat huwag lang ang bayad”, “Barya lang po sa umaga”. Pamilyar ‘no? Alamin ang kuwento sa likod ng jeepney signages. Read more »

LOOK: Earthquake leaves Padada in ruins

ABS-CBN News
Dec 16 04:25 PM | Updated Dec 16 05:51 PM

Still reeling from the series of strong earthquakes in October, the powerful quake brought massive damages around the region. At least 4 people were reported killed and several others still missing after a 3-storey building, which houses a grocery store, collapsed during the temblor.  Read more »

2019 Noche Buena basket: Hanggang saan aabot ang P1,280 mo?

ABS-CBN Investigative & Research Group; infographic by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Dec 16 04:02 PM

This year, only two of the most expensive items out of the 11 in the Noche Buena basket can be purchased with the same amount of P1,280 in 2014. Read more »

Climate talks a 'lost opportunity', says UN Secretary General

Marlowe Hood and Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Dec 16 12:20 AM

A major climate summit wrapped up in Madrid Sunday with a compromise deal that left little to show, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to lament a "lost opportunity" to act. Read more »

Picked by slaves: coffee crisis brews in Brazil

Fabio Teixeira, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Dec 12 10:18 PM

US giant Starbucks, Swiss-based Nespresso and Brazil's Nucoffee have all used coffee plantations found by labor officials to have exploited laborers in recent years.   Read more »

What Manila archbishop Tagle brings to top, tough Vatican post

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Dec 12 02:08 AM

The new assignment “cements his status as a possible successor to Francis,” according to Vatican expert John Allen Jr. Read more »

Gov’t employees among rising number of environment defenders killed this year, group says

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Dec 11 09:43 PM

A total of 46 individuals were killed this year because of environment-related issues, according to Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment’s (Kalikasan PNE) year-end report on the situation of Filipino environmental defenders.  Read more »

Study: PH deadliest nation for farmers, indigenous people over land disputes

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Dec 11 06:38 PM

The Philippines was also ranked the deadliest nation for land rights activists last year by another human rights group, Britain-based Global Witness, which recorded 164 killings worldwide. Read more »

Air pollution tied to hospitalizations for wide range of illnesses

Lisa Rapaport, Reuters
Dec 11 04:04 AM

Older adults who are exposed to tiny particles in air pollution for just a day or two are more likely to be hospitalized for a wide variety of common health problems, a US study suggests. Read more »

How Duterte's drug war changed the lives of two photographers

ABS-CBN News
Dec 10 11:40 PM

As the world marks International Human Rights Day, we followed two photographers whose lives have changed, as they cover the Duterte administration's bloody drug war. Read more »

Gov’t, Reds need to KO ‘hardliners’ to revive peace talks: former ceasefire chief

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Dec 10 11:25 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s last-ditch attempt to resuscitate peace talks with Maoist rebels will require both sides to rein in hardliners and to be open to negotiate despite continued hostilities on the ground, the government panel’s former ceasefire chief said Tuesday. Read more »

How migrant Filipinos make their voice heard in Hong Kong's civic affairs

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Dec 10 11:20 PM | Updated Dec 10 11:38 PM

HONG KONG - When long-time Hong Kong resident Bishop Gerry Vallo of Jesus the Living God Church cast his ballot in the evening of November 24, he did it, not for himself.   Read more »

Survey shows access to cheap medicines still a problem for nearly all Filipinos

ABS-CBN News
Dec 10 01:12 AM

A survey revealed 99 percent of Filipinos cannot buy medicine prescribed by their doctors. Read more »

Reckoning day to come for Duterte at ICC over drug killings: lawyer

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Dec 09 10:04 PM | Updated Dec 09 10:50 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will eventually find himself answering charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC), a human rights lawyer said Monday, citing the Philippine courts’ inability to prosecute him because of the legal immunity he enjoys while in office.  Read more »

Private endeavors in Philippines keep WWII memories alive, relevant

Ronron Calunsod, Kyodo News
Dec 09 02:10 PM

MANILA - As time marches on from when World War II ravaged nations and claimed millions of lives in the Pacific more than seven decades ago, the relevance of wartime memories and other memorabilia keeps growing in the Philippines.   Read more »

Fix climate crisis because Earth is all we’ve got, Nobel Prize winner says

Reuters
Dec 08 12:04 AM

Some scientists, including late cosmologist and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, have said threats such as nuclear war and climate change are so serious humans may have to eventually leave the Earth in order to survive as a species. Read more »

Bandila Xtra: Dignidad sa trabaho

ABS-CBN News
Dec 07 03:50 AM

Isang eskuwelahan sa Quezon City ang nagtuturo sa mga persons with special needs ng iba't ibang skills. Read more »

BFAR to import galunggong to address fish supply shortage

ABS-CBN News
Dec 06 11:39 PM

But the planned importation met strong opposition from a local fishermen's group. Read more »

Poverty incidence declines in 3 years

Infographic by Jayvery Lorenzana, ABS-CBN News
Dec 06 10:29 PM

Poverty incidence, which measures the number of Filipinos who don't have enough for basic food and non-food needs, declined in 2018 from three years prior. Read more »

ICC aims to finalize preliminary exam on PH drug war case in 2020: report

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN News
Dec 06 08:45 PM

On Feb. 8, 2018, ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced the opening of a preliminary examination on the alleged crimes committed during President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war. This, after her office reviewed a number of communications and reports documenting alleged crimes. Read more »

Parents' plea to climate negotiators: Be 'real heroes' for world's children

Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Dec 05 09:19 PM

More than 200 activist groups for parents - hailing from Europe to Asia, Africa and the Americas - signed a "plea", emphasizing the Dec. 2-13 conference was a "crucial opportunity" to push to limit global warming to a lower target of 1.5 degrees Celsius. Read more »

Mga mag-aaral na Pinoy, pinakamahina sa 79 bansa sa pag-intindi ng binabasa: PISA

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Dec 04 01:48 AM

Pinakamababa sa 79 bansa ang nakuhang marka ng mga Filipinong mag-aaral sa reading comprehension o pag-intindi sa binabasa, base sa resulta ng isang assessment na isinagawa ng Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Read more »