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 13 Nov 2013 @ 06:34
Manila has been the fashion and shopping capital of Asia for over a decade already. It once enjoyed that status alongside another ASEAN city, Bangkok. Unfortunately, or tragically, a huge flood beset Bangkok fairly recently, which caused the pull out by many global industrial investors based in it. Bangkok’s own fashion designers left on a diaspora, which took Bangkok off the list of very important cities in the global fashion circuits. More >
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7 Nov 2013 @ 08:48
Filipinos are definitely in ecstatic awe for the victories of their compatriot beauties. A gladdening news such as the win by Megan Young is enough to trample the fiery news about sickening events such as plunder of tax money by politicians & dirty business operators, and the rampaging Misuari bandit forces in Zamboanga that almost torched a city. More >
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9 Oct 2013 @ 07:48
It seems that Brazilians have among them a new crop of superstitious punks whose noxious superstition discovered their enemy whom they need to stake to death in public: nanotechnology practitioners. By practitioners we mean those who practice the research & development of nanotech into usable byproducts. More >
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4 Oct 2013 @ 07:36
“God must be angry on Chilean peasants, He’s sending Monsanto here!” could be an apt idiom by angry Chileans over the passing of the Monsanto Bill in their legislature. I am very much in sync with the protesting farmers and concerned Chileans, as I know the dire implications of getting Monsanto to invade their country. More >
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20 Sep 2013 @ 07:06
Worm parasitism, notably of the pinworm variety, infects over 2 billion children and pregnant mothers across the globe. That’s nearly 1 in every 3 Earthlings infested by the worm disease! More >
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11 Sep 2013 @ 02:06
Here’s another one for the good news, fellows! That desert plantations offer basic graces for whole nations.
According to a study published in the Earth System Dynamics, cultivating plants such as jathropa in deserts could absorb up to 25 tones of carbon dioxide annually. Desert plants also reduce desert temperature by a centigrade at least, and also induce rainfalls. More >
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4 Sep 2013 @ 08:50
What makes a product design click in a certain market? As far as developing countries are concerned, the presence of informal markets matter most. This was the astounding finding of a study done in the M.I.T. More >
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29 Aug 2013 @ 09:19
Another brightening news for developing countries, more so the poorer communities in far flung areas, is the innovation of solar grid devices that can sterilize medical equipment and human waste. The solar device, developed by experts from the Rice University in the USA, can produce steam which precisely is what is needed for spot sterilization. More >
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18 Aug 2013 @ 06:02
A very gladdening news was recently released by the International Rice Research Institute (Laguna, Philippines) about a new rice varieties that will adapt to very dry & drought climate situation. The core variety being bred grows its roots downwards rather than sideways, thereby allowing the plant to take on more nutrients deeper down under. More >
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9 Aug 2013 @ 08:33
A very brightening innovation concerns the usage of gravity to power lamps. The innovation just came out of the lab tests and will be tested very soon in Asia and Africa.
Called the GravityLight, the innovation utilizes a specially designed LED lamp for the purpose. If found to be practicable in commercial usage, then the technology will redound to another milestone in the Renewable Energy field, the future implications of which could be staggering. More >
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