DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that there is "little to no risk" that the virus that causes an illness called Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) can enter the country at this point in time. “The DOH sees little to no risk of the virus entering Philippine borders,” the state health...
DOH There remains no indication of a community transmission of the Omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1 and BA.4 in the country as of this time, the Department of Health (DOH) said. At present, the DOH has confirmed a total of 22 cases BA.2.12.1 and one case of BA.4 in the Philippines. The DOH only...
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office III to ensure the supply and delivery of 10,000 packs of Bio N in Region III. Photo from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)...
The Philippines and the Republic of Korea signed an agreement to boost the Philippines' fishery exports to the East Asian country. Photo from the Department of Agriculture The South Korean Embassy in the Philippines announced this after the two countries signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA)...
As part of the government's solid-waste management and flood control efforts, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has turned over the Automatic Trash Rake (ATR) technology to the City of Malabon. The Department of...
It is the first genetically modified rice variety developed to address a specific nutrition issue such as vitamin A deficiency (VAD). * Vitamin A is an essential micronutrient for growth, development, and keeping the body’s visual and immune systems healthy. The Filipino diet lacks vitamin A,...
With talks on renewable energy in the air, the country’s first-ever wind turbine research, development and testing laboratory has recently been launched by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) together with the Central Philippine University (CPU) in Iloilo City. The wind tunnel in the...
The Univesity of the Philippines (UP) students held a protest at UP Diliman in Quezon City on Wednesday, June 1, to urge the incoming 19th Congress to institutionalize the UP-Department of National Defense (UP-DND) accord. University of the Philippines Diliman (Wikimedia) This is in line with the...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto today (May 31) expressed hopes that President-elect Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ R. Marcos Jr. is focused on the unabated multi-billion-peso smuggling activities in the country. In today’s Senate plenary session, Sotto said that he would file tomorrow a report...
The Department of Finance (DOF) reported that the comprehensive tax reform program (CTRP) initiated by President Duterte since he took office has yielded more than half a trillion pesos in fresh government revenues. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, the DOF’s Domestic...
A six-year partnership has been forged by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) which seeks capacitate the NIA in delivering science-based...
Broadcaster Erwin Tulfo, on Monday, May 30, was nominated to man the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) within the Cabinet President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Erwin Tulfo (Photo from Erwin Tulfo Facebook Page) Presidential Communications Operations Office Chief...
