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By Raïssa Robles Having watched SM grow from one Manila shoe store into a giant conglomerate today, I believe the founder Henry Sy Sr. would have stopped tree-cutting as soon as he saw the sharply negative reaction of Baguio residents. I believe this because it was not all business with Mr Sy, who willingly spent millions just to house a [...]
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I shall die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. - 18th Century Children’s Prayer By Raïssa Robles I couldn’t sleep last night thinking of the hundreds of children and their parents who were swept to sea in their [...]
She has 4 tested ways of routing them By Raïssa Robles Dr. Jessamyn Adorada told me it was urgent for the government to find more sustainable ways of cutting down their numbers because hyacinths grow very very fast. Dr. Adorada is an entomologist (insect specialist) who has done field work in the same area in Cotabato City which recently flooded [...]