Pili trees. (Alma Gamil/ Flickr/ https://flic.kr/p/eEviUL)

We’re planting the wrong trees and it’s making typhoon damage worse

Decades of planting exotic trees has left us vulnerable during typhoons. Better alternatives have been around all along.

(Terry Ballard/Flickr/https://flic.kr/p/7YREus)

MMDA will replace your trees brought down by Glenda

The Metro Manila Development Authority will give out 1,000 fire tree saplings to replace trees damaged by Typhoon Glenda.