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Editor-in-Chief: Eunice Joshua F. Gazmin Associate Editor: Christine Jean S. Agad News Writer: Bea Jane V. Serna Editorial Writer:Marlon Giovanni O. Arreza Sports Writer: Harold Giovannie A. Guelos Feature Writer: Angela Marie B. Tiu Science and Technology Feature Writer: Nigel John F. Casido Cartoonist: Roy Angelo D. Velmonte
BY: NIGEL JOHN F. CASIDO
“The internet is so slow” Thrashing in his seat with an annoyed face plastered on his face, the student quietly muttered things under his breath. This is an expression that is quite fondly made in the Philippines, mostly because of the slow internet connection in the country. He hoped that this annoyingly buggy Wi-Fi connection in the country would be resolved soon, as it had been a burden to him in his studies and his other activities. He wished that the internet would become stronger, however, this seemed liked a long shot. According to a survey made by Ookla, an online service that calculates the standards of the internet connection speed, the Philippines rank 21st out of 22 countries in the Asian continent having the fastest connection and is unsurprisingly ranked 176th from 202 countries all over the globe. However, it seems like it won’t be a long shot anymore. With the coming of the Duterte administration, his promise of change is truly coming true. Duterte allowed the investments of successful telecommunication networks from foreign countries. A prime example of this is Telstra, a popular network in Australia.
There have been discussions between the network and San Miguel Corporation for the latter’s venture in telecommunication in the Philippine market. It’s expected from the telco company to invest not less than $1 Billion dollars. With this they will be able to set up a rather strong internet connection in the Philippines. Soon, this dream of having a stronger internet would be a dream no longer with this new telco company’s promise of a faster broadband speed, and it would be a longshot no longer.
Contributors: Danielle R. Ajoc, Kit Lester P. Balayo, Iriah Monica B. Benito, Giancarlo Agelio A. Bringas, Jessie Lix C. De Ramos, Jeodvayn B. Estorco, Carl Djhon E. Gangca, Febbyjean Hartt L. Jumamoy, Jewel Zaira B. Lobrino, Lawrence D. Osorio, Amily Marielle Reyes, Carie-Anne Jude F. Riparip, Juan Rafael C. Rosel, Danika Mae D. Soberano, Kismet Fran P. Suan English Publication Adviser: Lily Dale M. Subla NESTOR B. GUMAHAD President, GPTA
KENNETH JEASON B. GARCIA Chief, CISD
YVONNE M. MORDENO Chief, SSD
FLORA MAE O. TORMENTO Chief, CISD
RUWINA S. GONZAGA Director III, PSHSCRC
ANOTHER
DAY BY: NIGEL JOHN F. CASIDO
Another day, another one infected.
Imagine having a really hot day around. You might think that there are ways to stop the heat, like turning on the air conditioner. But what you don’t know is that using those things as solutions can only make things worse. The world is now suffering from global warming which is caused by greenhouse gases, by which includes methane. And so you turn on the air-con, but it only releases CFCs that destroys the ozone layer, that causes the UV rays to directly enter the surface and cause more warming of the earth. Such a big problem, right? but imagine reducing that methane gas with tiny things we see inside shoeboxes.
LITTLE THINGS OVER GREATER PROBLEMS BY: JESSIE LIX C. DE RAMOS http://www.pattfoundation.org/10-interesting-facts-global-warming/ When we open shoe boxes, we sometimes see a small packet of spherical things that are used to get rid of insects. These things are called zeolites, and they’re way more than that. According to a research performed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, zeolites have the ability to eliminate methane gas, which is one of the factors of global warming.By just collecting this things, we can already enjoy the day without complaining about the temperature! Its actually kind of amazing, don’t you agree? Little things can really become great, big problems.
It feels as if it’s clockwork. When one’s treated, yet another one comes clambering to take the empty hospital bed that the cured patient left behind. It was a never-ending cycle, until the day it wasn’t. May it be a child, or an elderly person, people come and go from the hospital, treating it kind of as if it was a drive-thru of a restaurant. The patients just take what they needed, pay for it, and leave. But sometimes, some people take a break there and rest, may it be only just a week or as long as a year, the hospital is somewhere that is bustling with activity. And now, it’s getting more and more packed. An outbreak of a virus had spread throughout the community, people with faces plastered with concern and shock as they worried for their loved ones. The patients complained about rashes, and how it hurt to just move, their bloodshot eyes glinting as they began to feel how it hurt and how uncomfortable they were, with the mild fever that they also had. Soon, the people began questioning, was it dengue? While one might say that it is indeed dengue, it is in fact, Chikungunya, a disease that has many similarities with Dengue, and just like dengue; it’s a disease that is typically spread by means of the mosquitos. Because of how similar they are, both of them confused many people. However, the defining thing that sets Chikungunya and Dengue apart is that unlike the latter, Chikungunya typically affects adults, rather than children. Though while the latter has a lot of cases of death, Chikungunya, on the other hand has no recorded case of death, and the virus usually are only present for at most 11 days. Relieved at the notion of this, the patients began to relieve their selves, however, still had questions left unanswered, would it come back? How does one prevent it from developing again? Once
a person has been infected with Chikungunya, they typically wouldn’t be getting the virus again, as their immune system would have been able to identify the virus and think, ‘This is harmful to us, we should probably build a block for it to never harm us again’. To prevent people from getting the virus, the best prevention is cleanliness, and possibly destroying any means for the mosquitos to breed and possibly infect more people. With these, soon enough, the outbreak will be gone and it will be back to normal. But now people would be carrying these new information, and soon enough, when another day comes, another person will be saved.
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