The philippines

Treacherous Syngenta

The world's third largest seed company files patents for public-funded rice research

Stop endosulfan

MINING MALAISE

THE PHILIPPINES

Change of hearth

Rural Filipinos have cut their dependence on firewood by using cost-effective rice-hull stoves

Tokyo

UNITED NATIONS

THE PHILIPPINES

Grain gain or drain?

Thumbs down

Corn cleared

Typhoon Rammasun leaves more than 100 dead in Philippines and China

Another typhoon, Matmo, may strike Taiwan by Wednesday, say news reports

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Typhoon Rammasun claims 12 lives in Philippines, millions evacuated

Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the country in November last year, had killed more than 6,000

Microsoft opens windows, just a crack

Company to reveal source code, but there is a catch

Sound burial

In Short

For the sake of caution

A decision to refuse clearance to GMOs should be based on good science and policy

The Philippines

THE PHILIPPINES

Bleached to death

As ocean waters get warmer, coral reefs look even paler this year

Under siege

No more magic in 'Abra'

People in the Philippines rouse themselves to save the valley of their ancestors

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