It isn’t unusual to get stricken by dehydration and heat stroke during the summer. Symptoms of dehydration include headache, nausea, high blood pressure and fever. To alleviate this condition, you need to drink water and eat fruits, which also provide vitamins and minerals.
For three days recently, we went around Baganga in Davao Oriental, one of the towns badly hit by Typhoon “Pablo.” Residents are having a hard time getting back on their feet, because of the scarcity of chainsaws (to cut fallen trees to pieces), farming tools and seedlings.
The Rolling Stones will join a star-studded lineup at a December 12 concert to benefit victims of megastorm Sandy, organizers said Friday.
NBC said its benefit concert for Superstorm Sandy victims drew nearly $23 million in donations to the American Red Cross.
WHEN we hear about global warming, melting ice caps and climate change, we often think that these are problems for scientists and politicians to solve. This is far from the truth. We’re very much needed to find solutions for environmental degradation and destruction.
WITH all the rain that’s been pouring, let’s mull over some insights that can shed light during the storm.
Setting aside petty rivalries, stars from the leading networks trooped to evacuation centers to help those displaced by monsoon rains and floods.
Wet weather failed to dampen the spirits of about 1,000 metalheads eager to watch Megadeth whose leader, Dave Mustaine, was the first lead guitarist and a cosongwriter of Metallica until he was fired in 1983. Mustaine has reportedly mellowed from his former death-defying lifestyle. A right arm injury he suffered 10 years ago must’ve taught him not to strain himself too much playing the electric guitar.
TV host Mariel Rodriguez chose to celebrate her 28th birthday on August 10 with neighbors in West Fairview, Quezon City, who were affected by the nonstop monsoon rains that flooded 80 percent of Metro Manila.
EDGARDO Manda, the president of Philippine Bamboo Foundation Inc. (PBFI), has been promoting bamboo planting as an alternative in reforestation, because these perennial evergreens act as a carbon dioxide sink that cleans the air and helps prevent erosion—which is why it’s referred to as the “grass of hope.”
Some of the scenes in the spy thriller “The Bourne Legacy” filmed in Palawan had to be shot again because of poor lighting as a result of inclement weather last weekend, according to local producer Jun Juban. “The director (Tony Gilroy) wasn’t happy about the rushes,” Juban, who runs the Philippine Film Studios Inc. (PFSI) [...]
It’s been a tradition in the biz to end the year with the Metro Manila Film Festival. We at the Cinema Evaluation Board gave both “Segunda Mano” and “Asiong Salonga” an “A” rating. We gave a “B” to “Enteng ng Ina Mo,” “Shake, Rattle and Roll 13,” “My House Husband,” “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” and “Panday.”
