NAGA CITY, PHILIPPINES — As part of its continuing support for the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Foundation, leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) announced last week that it will soon introduce a new GK service card featuring the mobile commerce services of the Smart Money platform.
MANILA — Five leading party list groups with a combined mass base of 3.6 million voters have thrown their support behind eight senatorial candidates from the Genuine Opposition and the so-called Wednesday Club for the upcoming May 2007 elections.
DAVAO CITY — The Monfort Bat Cave on Samal Island was recently determined to house the world?s largest colony of Geoffroy?s rousette fruit bats (Rousettus amplexicaudatus) with approximately 1.8 million bats. Bat Conservation International (BCI) the leading bat conservation organization based in Austin, Texas, U.S.A. came to visit the Monfort cave last June 2006 to evaluate the cave and determine its relative significance. BCI identified potential threats and provided management and research recommendations. The current colony exceeds the carrying capacity of the cave as large numbers of bats roost in risky locations, even on the ground which is very unusual and under large rocks on the cave floor making them very susceptible to predation by rats, crows, snakes, cats and dogs. Hunting by humans and disturbance of this species in other bat caves in the region has likely driven many bats to seek refuge in the protected Monfort Bat Cave.
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DAVAO CITY?Kabataan Partylist revealed today its nominees as it
condemned earlier the existence of Malacanang-backed partylist groups
whose nominees are known Arroyo allies or government personalities.
This as the group continues to warn COMELEC and the public that these
‘bogus’ organizations are poised to dilute whatever limited democracy
bestowed by the Philippine laws to the partylist system.
Encouraging creativity among Filipino artists, entrepreneurs and inventors
MANILA ? The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines) today joins member states of the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) in celebrating World IP Day with the opening of a second exhibition in Alab Art Space, the first art space in an IP office in Southeast Asia. Encouraging creativity is the theme for this year?s celebration.