By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay The Salton Sea is a shallow, saline endorheic (meaning its water never discharge to the ocean, they either seep into the ground or evaporate just like the Dead Sea in Israel) rift lake on the San Andreas Fault at the south end of California. The area was once part of
December 14, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay Being located in the “rim of fire” zone, the Philippines will continuously experience earthquakes, just like the recent intensity 7 that rocked the towns of Kidapawan, Tulunan and Mlang in North Cotabato on the evening of November 11. Metro Manila is regularly conducting earthquake drills at all levels of society,
December 7, 2020
By Edgar Mana-ay In an Israeli hospital, there is an experimental and successful Covid-19 treatment using human cells. At the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, five Covid-19 patients in severe conditions were treated with innovative treatment based on human cells donated by healthy people and all have fully recovered and released from the
December 1, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay The opening of the seven flood gates of Magat Dam is now a subject of intense complaints from the populace especially in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province which they believed was the cause of the worst flooding in memory. Even Congress, as a response to the people’s complaints, will be conducting
November 23, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay One of the main platforms of the winning Democrats as prepared by progressives Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ocasio Cortez is to ZERO OUT net carbon dioxide (CO2) emission of the U.S. by 2035. Even British Petroleum (BP), a well-known global oil company had coined this slogan: “A net-zero company
November 16, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay In my August 17 column, I explained that the horrendous explosion equivalent to 1.1 kiloton of TNT in the pier in Beirut which claimed more than 200 lives, wounding 7,000 more and rendering 300,000 homeless, is just the culmination of decades of how Lebanon is sliding into the abyss due
November 9, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay 150 million Americans will decide if Pres. Donald Trump deserves a second term. Although advance mail voting is ongoing and nearly a half have voted, tomorrow November 3 is the day when the majority of Americans will cast their vote. Donald Trump is among the few U.S. presidents who have
November 2, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay In year 2011, a campaign lead by the West and NATO succeeded in overthrowing and killing Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi who was massacring its own citizens. Since then, peace has never descended to the Libyan people which is an irony because the Libyans were supposed to be liberated from a
October 26, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay The continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide mandated the use of face mask as a preventive measure against contracting coronavirus. In Israel, face masks go science fiction with the application of nanotechnology in its manufacture. By the way, nanotechnology is the science of very minute things, smaller than 1/1
October 19, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay Researchers and pharmaceutical companies are facing tremendous pressure from their respective governments to be the first to put in the market an effective Covid-19 vaccine. For sure the supply will be limited, so who gets it first? Several rich countries (we are not) have already secured big manufacturing contracts for
October 12, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay The Hagia Sophia is an architectural masterpiece cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey, and a UNESCO world heritage site since 1985. For almost a thousand years, beginning 360 AD, this enormous architectural marvel was the biggest basilica of the Greek Orthodox Christian Church during the Byzantine era which can house up to
October 5, 2020
By Edgar Mana-ay This coming November 3, the fate of U.S. President Donald Trump will again be decided by the American people. Are the Americans satisfied with the four years performance of Trump that he deserves to be given a second term? But before we go into that, it would be best to explain
September 28, 2020