LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A drinking session in Pili town in Camarines Sur province turned deadly when a vendor allegedly stabbed fellow vendors to death over their refusal to share money to buy liquor on Monday night, June 21. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson,...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A barangay captain in Pili town in Camarines Sur province was gunned down on Thursday morning, June 5. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 (Bicol region) spokesperson, identified the victim as Nerio Brazal of Barangay San Juan. Investigation said the...
Illustrated by Franchezka Cardiño, 17, Multiple Intelligence International School Engr. Mark Kennedy E. Bantugon, 25, is a licensed Aeronautical Engineer, the inventor of Pili Seal®, a sustainable aviation sealant and adhesive derived from the waste of Pili Tree Resin, and the CEO and president...
A year after pili nuts became available in the European Union (EU) market, EU Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Veron turned to his social media followers for his own version of “Who Did It Better?,” but pili nuts version. On X (formerly Twitter), the envoy posted a video slideshow of...
By Oliver Samson While strong winds are bad for most crops, the pili tree is prompted to bear more fruits when shaken by strapping air currents, said Santos Borbe, Jr, a farmer from Polangui, Albay. Pili trees thrive in Bicol even without human intervention. They grow in the region despite the...
Bicol and the rest of the country will definitely feel the pili nut craze of countries in the European Union (EU), now that the export deal for the product will push through. Thus, said Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co, in the reaction to the resumption of dried pili nut exports from the...
Philippines’ Pili nuts (Canarium ovatum) are now authorized to be placed in the EU markets as a traditional food from a third country and shall be included in the Union list of novel foods, the Department of Trade and Industry announced. The Regulations Commission issued Implementing Regulation...
Philippine State College of Aeronautics undergraduate is the inventor behind the sustainable sealant, made from Pili Tree resin, for aircraft integral fuel tank “I was struck by the lack of options to effective and sustainably-produced sealants in the aviation industry and thought there should be...
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) has bared the science and technology interventions that resulted in the improved production of Bicol’s “Tree of Hope”. Project leader Dr....
There is no doubt that Filipinos love food. While our country is abundant in native ingredients that give a distinct flavor to local recipes, it is saddening to know that many of these crops are also on the brink of extinction. In a Facebook post, John Sherwin S. Felix, 25, an amateur cook,...
Electricity service restoration in typhoon-ravaged provinces in the Bicol region is now on its accelerated pace, with power supply already back in Naga City and three towns in Camarines Sur; while several towns in Camarines Norte already gained back their power service. In an update report of the...
