The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology Dr. Gay Jane P. Perez is elected president of the Technical Commission V (TC V) Education and Outreach of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). The ISPRS is a non-governmental organization devoted to the development of international cooperation for the … Read more
How much is the price of gasoline in the Philippines? Shell FuelSave Diesel: Php 92.50/liter Shell V-Power Diesel: Php 99.45/liter Shell FuelSave Gasoline: Php 97.24/liter Shell V-Power Gasoline: Php 97.90/liter As of June 2022. You may want to read: How much you can save on gasoline? if your car’s tire pressure is correct
The Martaban Jar from the San Diego Shipwreck Among the San Diego shipwreck inventory are large stoneware jars called Martaban jars. The term Martaban jars have been previously known to connote large Asian storage jars. This notion has been rectified as ceramic scholars ascertained that Martaban jars are a specific name designating exclusively a class … Read more
Ammonite Fossils in the Philippines Gone, but never forgotten. This sea dweller disappeared almost at the same time when dinosaurs went extinct. For today’s Discover Geology, the National Museum Bicol features fossils of an extinct squid-like sea creature from Bicol— the shelled cephalopods called ammonites. Ammonites were predatory marine animals from the Class Cephalopoda having … Read more
El Deposito San Juan Opened in 2019, El Deposito is one of the oldest underground reservoirs in the world. Located in San Juan, it was built in 1882 to supply water to Manila’s residents. During the American and Japanese occupations, it was used as an armory and, in later years, as a sanatorium for tuberculosis … Read more