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Covid 30, Dr. Romeo Quijano on IVM and vaccine mania
This beautiful paper by Dr. Quijano was posted and shared in several Viber groups in Manila today. I don't see any online link or publication so I am reposting this here. A doctor friend and former DOH...
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Climate 99, Cooling trend, virus alarm and climate alarm
Here is the latest global lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly or variance from the 30-years average (1991-2020), drastic cooling at -0.01 C in March 2021.YEAR MO GLOBE NHEM. SHEM. TROPIC USA48...
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BWorld 483, Aging power plants and economic growth
* My article in BusinessWorld, April 13, 2021.At the monthly briefing by the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) last week, it was shown that while average demand from...
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Covid 31, Articles arguing for lifting the PH lockdown
Not a comprehensive list but here are some materials that I could find, limited to Filipino columnists.Lift the LockdownEnd the lockdown, no more extension Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr. April 22, 2020 |...
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Mining 61, PH lifting mining ban via EO 130
Good news in Philippine mining, President Duterte has issued Executive Order (EO) 130 last April 14. See these three stories from BWorld.(1) Moratorium on mining projects lifted Kyle Aristophere T....
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BWorld 484, Earth Day, Greenpeace and the RE lobby
* My column in BusinessWorld, April 20, 2021.Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970, 51 years ago, to raise environmental awareness among Americans, and was later adopted in many countries...
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Covid 32, Continuing economic damage of indefinite lockdown
This morning, famous actress Angel Locsin held her own Community pantry (free food private donations), thousands came and there was a scuffle, one elderly died. (These two photos I got from the web,...
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Weekend Fun 76, Drunk politicians and other professionals
Many of these stories and punchlines are old, not my original stories. Some of these I tweaked, so enjoy :-)------------1. Arsonist -- a man with a burning ambition. Drunk Arsonist – thinks he is...
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Energy 142, Earth Day, Miscellaneous energy articles
Some energy articles that I read the past few weeks, reposting.------------- The social costs of carbon fiascoPaul Driessen Mar 15, 2021 It takes big energy to back up little wind and solarDavid...
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Covid 33, CDC PH statement on lifting the lockdown
CDC PH Calls for Lifting of the Lockdowns by May 2021April 27, 2021 As President Rodrigo R. Duterte and his Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) once again deliberate on which type of lockdown to continue to...
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Agri Econ 34, High corn demand to feed both animals and cars
Corn world prices keep rising, bad news on efforts to control higher inflation worldwide. Also soybeans and wheat. Current prices of these three commodities are at their eight-years high since around...
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BWorld 485, 10 reasons to lift the lockdown
* My article in BusinessWorld, April 27, 2021.In 2020, the Philippines was the 32nd largest economy in the world, it had the worst performing economy in Asia with its GDP contracting by 9.6%, and was...
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Modest growth in Q1 2021, some Asian countries
As of today, four East Asian countries have reported their First Quarter 2021 GDP. Singapore and S. Korea have modest growth, China has very fast recovery bordering on being...
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Agri Econ 34, High corn demand to feed animals and cars
Corn global prices keep rising, soybeans and wheat too. In fact their prices are currently at eight-years high, since around May-June 2013. Here are their prices the last 12...
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Covid 34, Drs. Romy Quijano and Iggy Agbayani on IVM
May 04, 2021From Dr. Romeo Quijano, retired Professor of UP College of Medicine. He was Doc Iggy Agbayani's former teacher at UPCM and Doc Iggy shared this in the CDC PH group:Ivermectin oral...
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BWorld 486, What is the optimal energy mix?
* My article in BusinessWorld, May 04, 2021. The Department of Energy (DoE) released the Philippines Power Statistics 2020 this week and it shows some interesting data on the country’s energy mix....
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Facebook disabled CDC PH group, then restored it
This morning when I opened my facebook, I received a notice from them:When I went to the CDC PH page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/168609228434049, this appeared.In my notification button, there was...
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IPR and Innovation 49, Planned compulsory licensing on Covid vax
I just noticed there are many efforts to kill intellectual property rights (IPR) like the proposed compulsory licensing (CL) on patent of new vaccines vs Covid. See these for instance:1. Calls for...
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Covid 35, Dr. Rafael Castillo letter to HPAAC
This was shared by Doc Raffy Castillo to CDC PH, posted in the group's fb page, shared also in many Viber groups. Doc Raffy is among the most prominent cardiologists in the country. I was there at...
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Weekend Fun 77, Duwag sa curfew, Duwag sa Carpio
Yesterday, the #1 trending topic in Twitter in the Philippines was #DuterteDuwag (Duterte a coward).Here are some of the memes posted in Twitter, this one is among the funniest :-)Why?It started with...
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