The race for the Republican nomination for US President will be mainly a showdown between John McCain and Mitt Romney in regards to February 5, Super Tuesday. Currently, John McCain is considered the GOP frontrunner. Mitt Romney is attempting to pull an upset victory by rallying up the conservative base of the Republican Party. While […]
Baggage ban on batteries effective
The US Department of Transportation has issued a baggage ban on batteries that bars air passengers from packing loose Lithium batteries as part of checked luggage Effective Jan 1st, 2008, the rule has been issued to minimize the risk associated with batteries that could overheat and catch fire on board, the department’s Pipeline and Hazardous […]
Can disaster related deaths be avoided?
A recent world report revealed that many people died of water borne diseases as a result of floods in 2007. According to Concern, one of the organisations involved in relief operations in Bangladesh , devastating floods in August 2007 affected up to 28 million people in India , Nepal and Bangladesh […]
Seafood could expose us to unsafe levels of mercury and PCBs !
We keep hearing about the health benefits of eating fish, but at the same time, we’re warned that eating too much fish could expose us to unsafe levels of mercury and PCBs. There’s also over-fishing, pollution and habitat destruction to consider. So what’s a responsible consumer to do? By following a few guidelines […]
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATCH CULTIVATION AND SWIDDEN FARMING PRACTICES
Ernesto Miguel, Ph. D. and Irene Calsiyao Edited by MARCIANO PAROY JR. Abstract This study was conducted to assess the factors associated with Swidden farming/Patch cultivation practice in Barangay Magao-gao, Pinukpuk. The study was conducted from November 2005-April 2006. It focused mainly on the factors of Socioeconomic, […]
Scientific Study about Earth Worms
Earthworms are grouped under the animal phylum Annedlida, which was derived from the Latin word, anellus meaning “little” rings. As this name implies, the body of an earth worm seems to be made up of several rings which is known as segmented body. The skin of the earth worm secretes mucous. This mucous keeps the […]