FRENCH LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES

Quand je vous disais qu’il faisait froid dans ce pays ! Et personne ne voulait me croire. Même si à mon avis l’hiver est en retard cette année,  le voilà qui arrive. Depuis quelques jours je trouve que les matinées ainsi que les soirées sont bien fraîches. Les nuits demandent de mettre une petite couverture et la climatisation est coupée. Néanmoins, nous conservons les ventilateurs, non pas pour rafraichir, mais pour repousser les moustiques, qui eux ne semblent pas affectés par cette baisse sensible des températures. A temperature below zero was recorded at the summit of Mount Pulag in Benguet province over the weekend, a government official confirmed. Emerita Alba, who heads a park that has jurisdiction over the third highest mountain in the Philippines, said temperature in Mount Pulag dropped to negative 2 degrees Celsius. “We experienced a negative 2 temperature last Saturday,” Alba told Yahoo! Southeast Asia Thursday. But Alba clarified her office, ...

Le troisième plus haut sommet des Philippines et le plus haut de luzon,  est-il en danger du fait d'activités humaines illégales ? THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) revealed the fast degradation of the highest mountain in Luzon prompting the agency to appeal to the public to help preserve Mt. Pulag. DENR Protected Area Superintendent of Mt. Pulag, Emerita Albas, presented various illegal human activities happening in the park to the Provincial Board during its regular session last Monday.  This is to stir officials to coordinate with concerned parties to create measures to stop these environmental abuses. Albas also revealed the presence of illegal settlers in the area. She added these residents allegedly do extensive and indiscriminate farming and gardening within the national park. Moreover, the superintendent said that mining has been introduced in the area.  She enumerated residents are allegedly involved in illegal lo...