Several people have asked me whether what we have been experiencing in Metro Manila for at least 2 weeks can be considered as a “heat wave” Since I teach a bit of meteorology and climatology for freshies in Environmental Science 1, I had to dig up my lecture notes and find out what the definition of [...]
The Day After Ondoy
September 27, 2009 By 111 Comments
This is reading for when you are not busy helping people, cleaning up or worrying about loved ones.
Typhoon Ondoy, Emergency Disaster Relief Numbers
September 26, 2009 By 6 Comments
Disaster Relief and Emergency Numbers for Victims of Typhoon Ondoy.
“What Are We Going to Do with Metro Manila Traffic?” Asks @SayChiz
August 4, 2009 By 30 Comments
With Two Trillion pesos worth of local GDP as reported in 2006, how can we not solve the problem of Metro Manila? We start finding the answers to the multiple problem of Metro Manila by creating a governing authority to run it.
A green Metro Manila, birds and 100 dollar tours
December 18, 2008 By 16 Comments
This time I won’t skewer the Philippine Daily Inquirer. :-) Two years ago, the PDI featured our urban ecology research team when we were just starting. This week the results of the research in the highly rated science journal Landscape and Urban Planning. Please look at the articles in press and you will be able to view [...]
The GMA-BF Pink Magic Show
May 8, 2008 By 25 Comments
I agree with Schumey about MMDA Bayani Fernando. He’s all pomp and no show. He’s your average joker, the kind that you want to throw rotten tomatoes except that you can’t ‘cos tomatoes nowadays are too expensive to even spend just for him.
Here’s the thing though–despite what we think about him, he’s not going to turn around and say that he’s wrong. Nah. He’s too proud and too callous to do that. That’s why a few months back, I’ve been calling for anti-Gloria groups to wage war against him. Why?
Tyrrany and the Image
May 4, 2008 By 10 Comments
- one of Bayani Fernando’s giant tarpaulin posters, Quezon Avenue Station, Quezon City If you live in Metro Manila, you may have observed a lot of blown-up posters of MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando. In almost three months of being a “resident” of Metro Manila, I find myself confused, if not intrigued, at the rather imposing, [...]
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