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Energy measures enabled RP to save P4B in 2009

THE PHILIPPINES SAVED some P4.4 billion in 2009 due largely to energy efficiency and conservation measures implemented by the government last year, according to the Department of Energy.

1,000 RP localities join Earth Hour’s ‘lights out’ event

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has again showed its commitment to the environment by leading in the observance of ‘Earth Hour’ on Saturday night. ‘More than 1,000 cities, towns and municipalities in the Philippines have taken part in Earth Hour, the largest number of any country or territory participating in Earth Hour this year,’ said organizers of the event in the Earth Hour 2010 official blog (http://earthhourblog.posterous.com/?page=3). The organizers said the ‘amazing show’ of support for Earth Hour was complemented by some of the Philippines’ most iconic landmarks switching off their lights, such as…

Scenarios unforeseen by Constitution framers

01/27/2010 The people of a nation whose Constitution is undergoing revision expect their Constitution-revisers to be capable of visualizing every conceivable challenge to the meaning and intent of their country’s basic law. After all, there are many men and women involved in the exercise and they are given ample time to perform their mandated duties. But people who draft or revise Constitutions are not omniscient and they have shown themselves to be incapable of anticipating every possible problem regarding the interpretation or applicability of a Constitution.

Asian businessmen urged to protect Coral Triangle

(AP) – MANILA, Philippines – The planet’s most diverse marine region is under serious threat and requires urgent protection from companies that can also boost their profits through conservation efforts, officials and environmentalists said Tuesday. The Coral Triangle-a 2.1 million-square-mile (5.4 million-square-kilometer) stretch of ocean straddling six countries-contains 75 percent of the world’s coral species, one-third of the Earth’s coral reefs, and more than 3,000 species of fish. Over-exploitation, environmental degradation, a population boom, and climate change are all threatening the area, environmentalists say, and businesses need to map out a strategy to save the Coral Triangle,…

Celebrations mark Vagni homecoming

Italian aid worker Eugenio Vagni returned home to celebrations in his small Tuscan town on Saturday after a six-month captivity by Abu Sayyaf militants in the jungles of Jolo island in Sulu province.

Famous lost word: The ‘a’ in ‘one small step’

When Neil Armstrong first spoke from the moon, he said one thing and people on Earth heard another.