The problem of overexploitation in global fisheries is well-recognized. However, published assessment of fisheries spatio-temporal trends at the national scale is lacking for many high biodiversity developing countries, which is problematic since fisheries management is often implemented at the local or national levels. Here, we present the long-term spatio-temporal trends of Philippine fisheri...

Major Shift from Subtype B to CRF01_AE Brian Schwem, PhD; Jill Itable, MD, FPCP; Patrick Ching, MD; Sharie Ganchua; Marissa Alejandria MD, MSc, FPCP, FPSMID; Jodor Lim, MD, FPCP, FPSMID; Raul Destura, MD; Edsel Maurice Salvana, MD, DTM&H; National Institutes of Health University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines; Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of...

Universal Screening Maria Jasmin Marinela Bartolome, MD; Oliver Sanchez, MD; Marissa Alejandria, MD, MSc, FPCP, FPSMID; Jodor Lim, MD, FPCP, FPSMID; Angel Bandola, MD; Richelle Duque,; Edsel Maurice Salvana, MD, DTM&H; Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, S...

Southeast Asia’s complex geological history and highly variable geography and ecology provide an ideal template for testing the effects of geographical change on phylogenetic processes (Brown & Guttman, 2002; Evans et al., 2003; Jansa et al., 2006; Esselstyn et al., 2009). More specifically, the Philippine archipelago, spanning components of the Sundaland–Eurasian and Biodiversity Institute and...

BACKGROUND The 'Doctors to the Barrios' (DTTB) Program was launched in 1993 in response to the shortage of doctors in remote communities in the Philippines. While the Program has attracted physicians to work in such areas for the prescribed 2-year period, ongoing monitoring shows that very few chose to remain there for longer and be absorbed by their Local Government Unit (LGU). This assessment...

The Bantay-Wika (Language Watch) project was started in 1994 by the University of the Philippines (UP) Sentro ng Wikang Filipino1 (SWF) in order to track for long periods of time how the Philippine national language is being used and how it develops, particularly in the Philippine media. The first phase of this project, from 1994 to 2004, involved the manual collection and tallying of frequency...