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How the Philippines Can Lead in Floating Solar Technology in Asia
How the Philippines Can Lead in Floating Solar Technology in Asia
If solar panels can withstand the waters of the typhoon-prone country, they should survive anywhere in the region, said an expert. Will regulators allow ongoing pilot projects to be scaled up?
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Published at 2019-11-20 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, Environment, News and Events
Tags: Energy, Laguna, Philippines, country, lakes, typhoons
My Vow for Undang
My Vow for Undang
It was November 5, 1984. Typhoon Undang hit Aklan, inflicting massive damage. Within a few hours, all the houses in my neighborhood, except those made of concrete, were wiped out. Our kitchen toppled to the ground, and my family, together with about five other neighbors, reverted to half-cooked rice and canned sardines for dinner that night. It was the scariest day I remember while living in Aklan.
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Published at 2018-12-12 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: People
Tags: Aklan, typhoons
Shooting Tacloban
Shooting Tacloban
The first time I ever flew into Tacloban was in March of 2014, just a few months after Typhoon Yolanda devastated the city. Most of the people on board the Air Asia flight that day were aid workers headed to Leyte to help with the recovery. I was there for different reasons — I was making a documentary film about Jessica Cox, a Filipino American woman.
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Published at 2018-03-12 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Documentary
Tags: Tacloban City, typhoons
Coral Crush: Global Warming Superstorms
Coral Crush: Global Warming Superstorms
Increasingly powerful storms and super typhoons caused by climate change pose a major threat to some of the planet's most fertile reef ecosystems. So what can we do about them?
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Published at 2017-05-23 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Documentary, Environment
Tags: Eco-Tourism, reefs, typhoons