http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/philippines_and_muslim_rebels_sign_key_peace_plan/?source=rss The Philippines has signed a framework peace plan with the country's largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2012-10-15T07:34:29+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/conservationists_pledge_to_double_number_of_tiny_buffalo/?source=rss The World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines) has joined top academic institution Far Eastern University (FEU), alongside well-established environmental groups in Mindoro, with the goal of doubling the wild tamaraw population from 300 to 600 by 2020. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2012-07-25T17:54:25+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/pyramids_planted_to_revive_philippine_corals/?source=rss Thousands of small 'pyramids' are being planted off the Philippines' famous Boracay resort island in an effort to bring its nearly destroyed coral reefs back to life, an environment group said Thursday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Water, Wildlife, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2012-02-10T17:56:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/social_project_uses_pop_bottles_to_provide_indoor_lighting_for_the_poor/?source=rss Perhaps you've performed that old camping trick before, where you created a lantern by shining a flashlight into a water-filled bottle. While that may have helped you find your marshmallows in the dark, imagine how much brighter that bottle would have been if it were lit directly by the Sun. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2011-09-17T15:55:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/more_than_300_new_species_discovered_in_the_philippines/?source=rss This spring, scientists from the California Academy of Sciences braved leeches, lionfish, whip-scorpions and a wide variety of other biting and stinging creatures to lead the most comprehensive scientific survey effort ever conducted in the Philippines, documenting both terrestrial and marine life forms from the tops of the highest mountains to the depths of the sea. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2011-06-26T12:28:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/philippines_to_curb_worst_forms_of_child_labour/?source=rss The Philippines has vowed to crackdown on the worst forms of child labour under a new programme for its estimated 2.4 million underage workers. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2011-04-08T07:04:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/25_years_later_some_justice_for_marcos_victims/?source=rss The last time Nilo Olegario heard his son’s voice was in a telephone call 25 years ago, shortly before the former strongman Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines in the face of a “people power” uprising. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2011-03-01T06:46:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/e_jeepneys_hit_the_road/?source=rss A fleet of battery-powered Jeepneys set off on their maiden voyage in Makati, the financial district of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2009-11-10T14:13:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_forest_helps_save_villages/?source=rss Over the past month, typhoons “Pepeng” and “Ramil” lashed northern Luzon, but residents of a town in Cagayan province are thanking their young trees for sparing their place from killer landslides that buried villages in other mountainside communities. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2009-11-04T12:50:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/upland_farmers_hired_to_reforest_antiques_mountainous_barangays/?source=rss A total of 220 farmer-members of upland farmers' organizations in the towns of Barbaza and Libertad in northern Antique have engaged in Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) and reforestation project, a program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP). World, Politics, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Business, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2009-10-09T11:02:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/indonesia_creates_the_savu_marine_park_largest_in_southeast_asia/?source=rss Indonesia has opened Southeast Asia's largest marine park in the Savu Sea, a migration route for almost half the world's whale species and home to vast tracts of rare coral, the country's fisheries minister said. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, South-East Asia, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines 2009-05-17T10:57:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rice_powered_stove_ignites_new_hope_for_poor_farmers/?source=rss Alexis Belonio’s obsession with rice husks began in 2003, when rising fuel prices and heavy dependence on foreign oil slammed his native Philippines with an energy crunch. Top Headlines, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Environment, Land, Water, Science, Technology, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2008-12-14T11:19:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/electric_jeepneys_challenge_a_philippine_icon/?source=rss The Philippine passenger jeepney has started to shed its image as a smoke-belching, eardrum-busting public utility vehicle. Environment, General Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Business, General Business, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines, Business Top Stories, Environment Top Stories 2008-11-25T09:23:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/giant_clams_make_come_back_in_philippines_thanks_to_science/?source=rss Bolinao, Philippines (AFP) Nov 14, 2008 - Marine biologist Suzanne Licuanan leans over the side of her battered blue and white motor boat to collect another bag of her precious cargo -- giant clam sperm. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2008-11-17T02:00:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/gates_donates_20_mln_dollars_to_help_rice_farmers_institute/?source=rss Manila (AFP) Jan 28, 2008 - Bill Gates, the world's richest man, is to donate nearly 20 million dollars for research into helping rice farmers deal with global warming, the International Rice Research Institute said Monday. 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World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, Africa, South Africa, Asia, Afghanistan, Indian Sub-Continent, India, South America, Colombia, South-East Asia, Philippines, North America, United States, Louisiana, New York, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories 2007-09-28T10:58:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/photo_in_the_news_nonexistent_flying_fox_discovered/?source=rss This unusual species of flying fox was recently discovered in the Philippines not long after it was deemed not to exist. An unusual species of flying fox was recently discovered in the Philippines not long after it was deemed not to exist. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, South-East Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, North America, United States, Kansas, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-09-21T09:11:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/coffee_calms_tension_in_southern_philippine_politics/?source=rss Fierce political rivals in the traditionally violence-prone Lanao del Sur province in southern Philippines have decided to settle their differences and defuse the rising tension in the region over a cup of coffee. World, Politics, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, World Top Stories 2007-05-18T13:03:00+00:00