Manila Bulletin

Slow gardening

Felder Rushing is not a man to be hurried. This former county agricultural extension agent turned folklorist, author and lecturer is an advocate of slow...

China pipeline carries gas from Myanmar

China has switched on a pipeline bringing natural gas from Myanmar, a state company said Monday, in a project that has raised concerns in Myanmar's nascent...

Published: Aug 1, 2013

Oil spill blackens Thai Beach

Black waves of crude oil washed up on a beach at a popular tourist island in Thailand

Published: Aug 1, 2013

Or. Mindoro envisioned as green energy hub

Local-utility Ormin Power, Inc. (OPI) Monday broke ground for its 10-megawatt mini-hydroelectric power plant in Oriental Mindoro, with Energy Secretary...

Published: Aug 1, 2013

Rome on cusp of Colosseum ‘revolution’

Romans are rubbing their eyes in disbelief: The Eternal City

Published: Aug 1, 2013

The grass-pickers of Pyongyang

At first glance it seems like a task worthy of Hercules – manicuring lawns the size of a football field with a pair of tweezers.

Published: Jul 30, 2013

Research: Shipwrecks’ discovery ‘Tantalizing’

United States marine archaeologists examining a well-preserved shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico made a thrilling discovery this week - two nearby vessels that...

Published: Jul 30, 2013

Oil spill reaches tourist Island

An oil spill that leaked from a pipeline has reached a popular tourist island in Thailand's eastern sea despite continuous attempts to clean it up over the...

Published: Jul 30, 2013

Study: MERS virus deadlier than SARS

The new respiratory virus that emerged in the Middle East last year appears to make people sicker faster than SARS, but doesn

Published: Jul 30, 2013

Tañon Strait dev’t masterplan signed

The government is drafting the blueprint for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development of the 310,800-hectare Tañon Strait marine protected area...

Published: Jul 30, 2013

Singapore seeks secret map to clear SEA haze

Singapore pressed Indonesia on Wednesday to share maps that could help make plantation companies...

Published: Jul 25, 2013

California asks record fine in Pipeline Blast

California regulators on Tuesday called on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to pay at least $300 million in fines in connection with a deadly...

Published: Jul 25, 2013

Animal slaughter

Michael Schudrich has dedicated much of his life to rebuilding modern Poland's Jewish community.

Published: Jul 25, 2013

DENR establishes 22 new ecotourism sites

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has established 22 new ecotourism sites to provide...

Published: Jul 25, 2013

US finds Big-nosed, Horned-face Dino

Researchers in Utah said Wednesday they discovered a new type of big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur that lived about 76 million years...

Published: Jul 23, 2013

Zoo to mate Rhino siblings

With the survival of a species on the line, Cincinnati Zoo scientists are hoping to mate their lone female Sumatran rhino with her little brother.

Published: Jul 23, 2013

Physicists unveil results on universe

After a quarter-century of searching, scientists have nailed down how one particularly rare subatomic particle decays into something else...

Published: Jul 23, 2013

Tree-planting saves Bataan denuded park

Instead of celebrating her birthday in big restaurants in Manila, Rep. Minia Roman, 1st district-Bataan...

Published: Jul 23, 2013

Gold-rush Era junk could fuel phones, TVs

Across the U.S. West, early miners digging for gold, silver and copper had no idea that one day something else very valuable...

Published: Jul 23, 2013

‘Green Moms’ advocates organic food, breastfeeding

On World Environment Day, more than a hundred members of Green Moms, a nationwide coalition of mothers advocating for organic foods and breastfeeding...

Published: Jul 18, 2013

Antarctic talks fail amid objection

Facing apparent Russian objections, the countries that regulate Antarctic fishing failed Tuesday to agree on proposals to create giant marine sanctuaries in...

Published: Jul 18, 2013

Lanao Del Norte holds tree-planting, cleanup

The effects of climate change being felt worldwide, including in the Philippines, prompted the leadership of Lanao del Norte to protect its environment from...

Published: Jul 18, 2013

446 plant, animal species thrive in Mount Tapulao

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – A team of biologists and biodiversity experts from the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Diliman Science Research...

Published: Jul 18, 2013

Newborn pandas split time between mom, nursery

Two giant panda cubs are being rotated between their mother and an incubator to ensure the newborn twins are properly fed and receive equal doses of maternal...

Published: Jul 18, 2013

Myanmar’s White Elephants not just tourist attraction

The Royal White Elephant Garden, hidden away in a suburb of northern Yangon, is no common tourist attraction.

Published: Jul 16, 2013

Robots ease US farm labor

Researchers are now designing robots for the last frontier of agricultural mechanization – fruits and vegetables destined for the US fresh market, which have.

Published: Jul 16, 2013

No solution yet to Asian haze woes

Southeast Asian nations gathering to discuss the annual shroud of hazardous smog that blights the region are unlikely to find any immediate solutions, despite..

Published: Jul 16, 2013

‘Enterprise’ reopens to visitors

The historic Enterprise space shuttle returned to view Wednesday on the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Manhattan's far west side,...

Published: Jul 16, 2013

Fukushima nuke plant leak feared

A damaged Japanese nuclear plant is suspected to be leaking radiation-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo authorities were quoted as saying by...

Published: Jul 16, 2013

Remembering century-old death valley’s record scorcher

Is it cause to celebrate that temperatures once reached 56.7 degrees celsius in one of the hottest places on Earth?

Published: Jul 11, 2013