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1 month ago | nst.com.my | Annie Banerji |Mariejo Ramos - |Mariejo Ramos

FROM blackouts, a racing heart, extreme fatigue and brain fog, to severe depression and anxiety, DVL Padma Priya was hit with a constellation of symptoms in 2020, just months after recovering from Covid-19. But without a name for her condition, or support from health professionals, she said she struggled to understand what was wrong. "I intuitively felt it had something to do with Covid because my health spiralled after that.

Apr 24, 2024 | newsinfo.inquirer.net | Mariejo Ramos - |Mariejo Ramos

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — Record heat in the Philippines this month has forced schools to send children home for online classes, reviving memories of COVID lockdowns and raising fears that more extreme weather in the years to come could deepen educational inequalities. Pupils at 7,000 public schools in the Southeast Asian country were sent home last week because of unusually hot weather in many areas that forecasters have linked to the effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon.

Mar 25, 2024 | newsinfo.inquirer.net | Mariejo Ramos |Mariejo Ramos -

DIDIPIO, KASIBU, NUEVA VIZCAYA—As the Philippines works to ramp up mining to meet global demand for metals crucial to the green energy transition, environmental groups are demanding strict limits to protect nature and indigenous lands. The Philippines has the world’s fourth-largest copper reserves, fifth-biggest nickel deposits and is also rich in cobalt—all of which have important uses in clean energy technologies, from lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles to solar panels.