Palawan, home to two United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage sites, the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (also called the Underground River) and Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park both in Puerto Princesa, was one of the sites for UNTWO’s officials visit in the Philippines. The  6 th  United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) International Conference on Tourism Statistics was held from June 21-23, 2017 with some 700 foreign and local delegates from over 60 countries tackling policy initiatives on developing measurement and benchmarks for sustainable tourism. The UNWTO is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. UNWTO’s membership includes 157 countries, 6 Associate Members and 500 Affiliate Members representing the private sector, educational institutions, tourism associations and local tourism authorities. As the leading internat

Do your legs feel extra stiff and cause pain when you move? Do you see your nails peeling or splitting? Is your skin dry and wrinkled? Talk about the degenerative process called aging. And most likely, these things happen due to loss of collagen. Our body’s collagen production naturally begins to slow down as we age. When we lose collagen, our tendons and ligaments start moving with less ease, leading to stiffness, swollen joints and more. That’s the typical skeleton legs for aging people. Aside from this, other signs of aging start to show up, such as wrinkles, sagging skin and joint pains due to weaker or decreased cartilage. Lifestyle factors -- like eating a diet high in sugar, smoking and high amounts of sun exposure -- also contribute to depleting collagen levels. It’s been found that collagen-related diseases most commonly arise from a combination of either genetic defects, poor intake of collagen-rich foods, nutritional deficiencies and digestive problems affecting pro