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...
The Philippines has tapped international agricultural think tank Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and its partners for the international benchmarking of the country's livestock, dairy, and poultry industries. 3 - Other than raising goats and...
More than 8,000 students have made it to the list of this year’s recipients of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute’s (DOST-SEI) Science and Technology (S&T) Undergraduate Scholarships. (DOST-SEI Facebook page) The DOST-SEI said of this year’s qualifiers,...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is committed to assist country’s researchers who are carrying out projects that would help boost the country’s fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) disease. (COARE Facebook page) This was assured by DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de...
Senator Nancy BInay on Tuesday criticized the Duterte government’s plan to increase the budget by P11-billion of its anti-insurgency task force while slashing the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine’s (RITM) budget by P170-million under the proposed P5.0240-trillion budget for 2022. Binay...
Some 28 business and professional organizations in the country have expressed strong support as they called to uphold the independence of the Commission on Audit, which has uncovered “deficiencies” in its audit on the way government funds were being appropriated by government agencies. “We,...
The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) has developed an intelligent colorimetric sensor that can determine food spoilage and the condition of the food products. (UNSPLASH/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de...
The Department of Science and Technology–Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) has welcomed 785 college students who made it to the 2020 Junior Level Science Scholarships (JLSS) program. (DOST-SEI) The DOST-SEI conducted on Aug. 18 a virtual orientation for the JLSS qualifiers to brief them on...
The Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) announced Sunday, Aug. 22, that it is opening the applications for its 2021 Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) Program. (DOST-SEI Facebook page) The DOST-SEI made the announcement in a Facebook post on Sunday....
