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Category: Earth Files

Our coverage of environment and climate change issues, including “cold” cases of environment disasters. Earth Files is supported by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, which aims to empower journalists from developing countries to cover the environment more effectively.

Feature:

Three environmental disasters and e-book photo collage.jpg

Lessons from 3 disasters (e-book)

  • A damaged school building in Valencia
    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick

    Resilience eases Bohol schools’ bumpy road to recovery

    By Cooper Resabal, Mark Louie Huraño, Ralphfelvin Potane, Ellyza Mae Gamutan, and Mary Abegail Inferido  |  Oct 04, 2023 10:00 AM

    Most schools are still recovering from the devastation. Yet, there are some that have defeated the odds, returning to what they once were as if the destruction never existed.

    Bohol, damaged classrooms, Typhoon Odette

  • Debris from wood trusses and pieces of roof panels in Mahayag Norte Elementary School, Catigbian (Photo by: Ellyza Gamutan)
    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick

    Funding woes beset Bohol schools’ recovery from 2021 super typhoon

    By Ralphfelvin Potane, Ellyza Mae Gamutan, Mark Louie Huraño, Mary Abegail Inferido and Cooper Resabal  |  Oct 02, 2023 4:34 PM

    TAGBILARAN CITY – Nearly two years since Super Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) battered Bohol, only 17% out of 3, 338 damaged classrooms in 366 schools all over the province have either been repaired or reconstructed.

    Bohol, damaged classrooms, Typhoon Odette

  • Categories Commentary Earth Files

    For love of Red China, Manila Bay is ravaged

    By Antonio J. Montalvan II  |  Aug 17, 2023 12:56 PM

    At the rate Rodrigo Duterte was giving away the Philippines to Red China, there now arises an acute need to exorcise the country from all Red Chinese concessions that he had approved. The suspension of all 22 reclamation projects in Manila Bay is a step in the right direction.

    Manila Bay, reclamation projects

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What happens when mangroves are not properly planted?
    Categories Earth Files FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What happens when mangroves are not properly planted?

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 21, 2023 10:05 AM

    Why does proper planting of mangroves matter? Here are some important facts you need to know.

    Mangroves, Plant Mangroves

  • Save Manila Bay, save the country 1/6 Photo by Bullit Marquez
    Categories Bullit's Eye Earth Files

    Save Manila Bay, save the country

    By Bullit Marquez  |  Jun 07, 2023 7:00 AM

    Environment advocates brought their demand to stop the reclamation in Manila Bay, Bulacan and other parts of the country to Mendiola, near Malacañang. They also want to hold accountable government agencies and officials allowing the destruction of the environment.

    Manila Bay, reclamation

  • Allowing Earth to breathe for 60 minutes 1/18. Photos by Bullit Marquez
    Categories Bullit's Eye Earth Files News

    Allowing Earth to breathe for 60 minutes

    By Bullit Marquez  |  Mar 26, 2023 6:10 PM

    Metro Manila residents who care for the world we live in gather in the evening of March 25 at the Quezon Memorial Circle for the symbolic 60-minute switching off of lights as their contribution to save Mother Earth from man-made degradation.

    2023, Earth Hour, quezon city

  • Cavite folks protest reclamation of Manila Bay
    Categories Bullit's Eye Earth Files News

    Cavite folks protest reclamation of Manila Bay

    By Bullit Marquez  |  Mar 14, 2023 5:37 PM

    Man tampers with God’s design for the Earth disturbing the natural ecosystem and displacing marine life. Photos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.

    Cavite, dredging, Manila Bay, PAMALAKAYA

  • Categories Earth Files News

    Experts weigh on creation of Department of Water to mitigate water scarcity

    By Siegfred Aldous Lacerna and Ann Gabrielle Domingo*  |  Jan 02, 2023 7:47 PM

    Staying past the bedtime hours so they can fill their jugs with water to make it through the next day is nothing new for 22-year old Lynex Joy Biquio, her family, and her neighbors in Quirino, Cagayan Valley.

    Dept. of Water

  • Christmas Lights at Tagbilaran City Hall (Jane Yap)
    Categories Earth Files News

    Typhoon Odette Survivors in Bohol Celebrate New Lease on Life

    By Cooper Resabal  |  Dec 28, 2022 6:11 PM

    Boholanos celebrate the Christmas season with vigor a year after Typhoon Odette robbed them of holiday joy.

    Bohol, Tagbilaran City, typhoon, Typhoon Odette

  • RepASEAN infographic: Tourist Arrivals in Siargao
    Categories Arts & Culture Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    A year after Odette, Siargao folk put the pieces of life back together

    By J-Ann Avila*, Reporting ASEAN  |  Dec 15, 2022 9:55 AM

    Siargao resident affected by 2021 typhoon Odette: We are doing better right now because we already recovered. There are many tourists again and it’s like we are going back to normal days.

    Project NOAH, Siargao, typhoon, Typhoon Odette

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