Coral reefs usually get the glamour shots—bright, bustling, endlessly Instagrammable. But just a few meters away, swaying with far less fanfare, seagrass meadows are doing the real grunt work. If oceans were a movie set, corals would be the stars, while seagrass runs the lighting, sound, and logistics without which nothing works.
The US has committed more than P639 million in fresh health assistance to the Philippines, deepening a multibillion-peso partnership aimed at strengthening the country’s response to infectious diseases and improving health system resilience.
The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) on Friday called on the government to implement urgent supply-chain measures to keep medicine prices stable and avert potential shortages as global disruptions threaten pharmaceutical logistics.