The report on the probe over the alleged “false positive” results of coronavirus tests conducted by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in Subic is expected to come out next week, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / Manila Bulletin) Duque said that the...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) has partnered with the agency’s Balik Scientist Program (BSP) for the conduct of a lecture series on nutritional genomics. Department of Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said the...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) unveiled on Tuesday, Sept. 21, a newly developed food inspection checklist (FIC) and grading system tools to ensure the compliance of food service establishments (FSEs) to food safety. From the livestream of...
A Chinese "expert" on the South China Sea has predicted that the Philippines will suffer a “huge loss of investments” from China if it elects a new leader who is closely identified with the United States. National Institute for South China Sea Studies (via NISCSS website) According to Chen...
Filipino professor of history and Marie Curie fellow, Stephanie Marie Coo, is recipient of the 2021 International Best Book Prize Award in Humanities, English Language Edition NEGRENSE TO NEGRENSE Philippine Ambassador Celia Anna M. Feria receives Professor Stephanie Coo’s book,...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque believed there must be other reasons why the Executive Branch decided to cut the budget of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), the country’s main coronavirus (COVID-19) testing center, for 2022. File photos Roque made the statement after it was...
Labor groups urged the national government to speed up the rollout of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program of workers. (JUAN CARLOS DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement, the Metal Workers Alliance of the Philippines (MWAP) and the Institute for Occupational Health...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko on Thursday congratulated the people behind the successful launch of Philippine-made Maya-3 and Maya-4 CubeSats to the International Space Station calling it a “new high” in the Japan-Philippines cooperation. Japanese Ambassador to the...
More Filipino consumers are becoming aware of the health benefits of low-glycemic index (GI) rice but the majority still consume white rice, a study bared. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) The study conducted by the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute...
The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) announced that it will suspend the dispensing of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drugs remdesivir and tocilizumab after reaching "critical stock level." (MB FILE PHOTO) In an interview with CNN Philippines, NKTI Executive Director Dr. Rose Marie...
Health workers from the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) marked National Heroes' Day by staging a protest over the Department of Health's (DOH) failure to provide overdue benefits to medical frontliners. (Photo from AHW) In his National Heroes' Day message, President Duterte called...
(Contributed by EYLLA LAURE GUTIERREZ, JOHN PAUL RIVERA and FERNANDO MARTIN ROXAS) The growth of Philippine tourism prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been primarily generated by domestic tourists. In 2019, Filipinos spent ₱3.1 trillion travelling within the country, contributing to...
