Environmental issues in the Philippines Environmental issues in the Philippines The Philippines' evident risk to natural disasters is due to its location. Being a country that lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire, it is prone to earthquake and volcanic eruptions. In addition, the country is surrounded by large bodies of water and faces the Pacific Ocean where 60% of the world's typhoons are made. One of the most devastating typhoons that hit the Philippines in 2013 was Typhoon Haiyan, or "Yolanda", that killed over 10,000 people and destroyed over a trillion pesos worth of properties and damage to various sectors. Other environmental problems that
Theosophical Society in the Philippines Theosophical Society in the Philippines The Theosophical Society in the Philippines is a branch of the Theosophical Society Adyar with headquarters in Chennai, India. The earliest record of theosophical activity in the Philippines was in 1892 when the Manila Theosophical Society was established in Manila with B. C. Brider as Secretary. In 1911, an organization called the Oriental Theosophical Society was formed in the Philippines but which did not have any connection with the Theosophical Society in Adyar. In 1925, when the Philippines was still a colony of the United States, the Manila Lodge was formed under the Theosophical Society