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Engineers from Lancaster University are working on smart materials such as ‘piezolectric’ ceramics that when embedded in road surfaces would be able to harvest and convert vehicle vibration into electrical energy.

The Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) has approved the Quezon City Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) for 2011 to 2025.

As we write this piece, media reported that the House of Representatives has partially restored the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) budget for 2018.

By Jun Ledesma I find it rather odd that tattoos and bank deposits will have any relevance to the Senate investigation on a P6.4-billion drug shipment, part of which had been recovered in Bulacan. Odder still is the attempt of Senator Antonio Trillanes to impute that (Davao City) Vice Mayor Paolo “Pulong” Duterte and brod-in-law Mans Carpio have influence over …

The World Economic Forum recently held its inaugural Sustainable Development Impact Summit, positioned as a platform to help advance public-private cooperation – and harness the potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution – to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement on climate change.

Only a small group numbering at least 100 at the most converged at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum on Thursday to call for the ouster of Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose “Peping” Cojuangco, obviously lacking support from other officials of the national Olympic body who have decided not to join the protest which was initially perceived to draw throngs of …

CEBU CITY – Pradera Verde Golf Club ended the six-year-reign of Manila Southwoods Masters Friday with such domination unseen in the history of the Philippine Ladies Interclub golf team championships.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will support the country’s hosting of the 10th Asean Para Games in 2019.

Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta gave the Philippines a gold medal in powerlifting when she topped the women’s over 86- kg event on Thursday in the 9th Asean Para Games in Kuala Lumpur.

Drex Zamboanga, a fast-rising 24-year-old mixed martial arts star out of Top Guys International, asserted his youthful power over an older Rex de Lara of MUMMA/Fight Factory to rule the Casino Filipino (CF) Battle Extreme Tournament of Superstars (BETS) 3 and take the vacant Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) bantamweight title at the CF Manila Bay in Ermita, Manila recently.