Catanduanes Province faces significantly dry weather as this year’s El Niño phenomenon continues its approach and steadily intensifies. PAGASA, the Philippine weather bureau, says El Niño conditions are already present…
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Bryce McIntyre:
The Cable That Could End Catanduanes’ Power Nightmare An Old Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on connecting Catanduanes’ power grid to Luzon. Part 2 will appear next week. Catandunganons may have taken heart a…
Bryce McIntyre:
The Cable That Could End Catanduanes’ Power Nightmare
The Case for Moving Now Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on connecting Catanduanes’ power grid to Luzon. Part 1 appeared last week. The…
Bryce McIntyre:
Catanduanes: A Province With Water on All Sides — and a Declining Catch
Being completely surrounded by the sea, Catanduanes Island has an extensive coastline and access to productive waters. Yet the fishery in Catanduanes has witnessed a measurable decline for at least…
Bryce McIntyre:
Balcony Solar: A European Energy Innovation That Could Help Catanduanes
In Berlin, a retired schoolteacher plugs a solar panel into her apartment wall socket the same way she would plug in a toaster. She pays no electrician, files no permit,…
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Nets, Numbers, and the Nation: The State of Philippine Fisheries
The sea is the Philippines’ pantry. For a nation of more than 7,600 islands stretching across 2.2 million square kilometers of Pacific Ocean, fishing is not merely a livelihood —…
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From Desert to Pump: How Oil Travels from the Middle East to the Philippines
The fuel that powers a jeepney in Manila, cooks rice in Catanduanes, or lights a lamp in San Andres begins its life in a place faraway. It starts as crude…
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How to Choose the Right University in the Philippines
Aside from the esteemed Catanduanes State University right here in Virac, the Philippines has 1,975 colleges and universities, including 112 state universities and colleges — not to mention 121 local…
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Social Media Fuel Growing Fake News Crisis in the Philippines
Catandunganon readers of Facebook recently were notified of the death of Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu. This undoubtedly came as a relief to some, seeing as how Netanyahu is subject to…
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Whatever Happened to the Philippines’ Economy?
The Philippines’ economy has seen big changes since the 1950s, evolving from one of Asia’s most promising to a service-dominated system relying mainly on consumption, remittances, and outsourcing. This was…