MANILA, Philippines — The country’s top sports leaders are determined to sustain the momentum gained by Filipino athletes after the Philippines’ best ever showing in an Olympic Games. Both Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino agree that as early as now, there should…
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are set to welcome a most unusual guest, as “the Blob” blasts off into orbit on Tuesday. An alien on its own planet, the Blob is an unclassifiable organism neither fish nor fowl. Nor is it plant, animal or fungus. As such, Physarum polycephalum a type of slime mould…
Although research shows contracting COVID-19 puts pregnant women at higher risk of severe complications from the virus, only 22% of expecting moms have received one or more vaccine doses, the Centers for Disease Control reported. That’s why the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is urging pregnant women to get a COVID-19 shot, noting…
ROME: Italys double Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs (pix) has insisted he is not bothered by suspicions of doping raised by the media, and that hard work is to thank for his record-breaking exploits in Tokyo. Jacobs became the first Italian to win 100 metres gold, setting a European record time of 9.80 seconds in…
Companies are increasingly claiming to be ‘eco’ – their products are good for the planet – but how true are these environmental claims? And how much is just greenwashing?
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Have you ever bought a product because it claimed to be ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘better for the environment’ and its packaging was covered in leaves or picturesque scenes of nature? Chances are, you’ve been greenwashed. Today The Detail looks at how consumers are being hoodwinked by environmental claims that don’t stack…
Companies are increasingly claiming to be ‘eco’ – their products are good for the planet – but how true are these environmental claims? And how much is just greenwashing?
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A MUM, dad and brother who had refused to get the vaccine died of Covid within a week of each other after catching the virus at a family dinner. Francis Goncalves’s brother Shaul, 40, dad Basil, 73, and mum Charmagne, 65, fell ill on the weekend of July 10, after meeting for a meal. (L-R)…
New Delhi: Pakistan on Saturday (August 7, 2021) said that it’s a ‘matter of deep regret’ that it was not invited to a UN Security Council meeting on the current situation in war-torn Afghanistan. “Not acceding to Pakistan’s request to address the UNSC session on Afghanistan, as well as to make the platform available to…
Spinal muscular atrophy is caused by the loss of a gene called survival motor neurons 1 (SMN1), which carries the information needed to make a protein, also called SMN, that is needed by every cell in the body. While in other species losing the SMN1 gene would be fatal, humans have an extra gene (SMN2)…
