It’s been really scary these past few days. Sendong hit Southern Philippines, with the death toll quickly moving to a thousand. One of our office’s regional Section Chiefs even lost her home but we are thankful she survived.
I remember hearing a talk from Secretary Neric Acosta about the climate changing — and rapidly at that, and experts have even projected that some parts of the Philippines will be totally gone as submerged with water due to heavy rains and rising sea level. Could this be the start of …

There’s gonna be a concert tonight at the Marikina Riverbanks, and it is all for a great cause — that is, creating awareness (massive) on climate change.
Not that the people are ignoramus about it. In fact, we know about it — especially with the recent catastrophe that happened. It’s on the news, it’s on all forms of media here in the country, but of course, this one is different because this concert will show who among the celebrities are in support of climate action. It’s like part of the Pinoy …

Watched 2012 last Saturday, and basically about how the world would end (possibly on 2012, for Mayan prophecy believers). The film touched global warming and climate change, then goes on to show that that is probably how things would go eventually — water filters will be extinct (as well as majority of the human race) as there’s gonna be literally a “water world”. Of course, the film did say that the water would eventually subside, it just would take time. Of course, it’s fiction, but who knows, right?
Anyway, here’s another …

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday signed Republic Act 9729 or the Philippine Climate Change Act of 2009.
This is probably the most opportune time to do that, especially after the whole of the country experienced the wrath caused by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng — of climate change. Of course, this isnt the “first” of the government’s effort to combat climate change. In partnership with many other sectors — private organization, media, academe, business, etc — the Philippines has been embracing policies, information, and a lot more on this most urgent …