Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar once again threw down the gauntlet in the interest of improving the country's agriculture sector. Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo courtesy of the DA) After challenging future agriculturists and scientists last July to turn...
(The sign says it all at the Adventist Medical Center in Pasay City in this photo taken Tuesday, August 10, 2021, as the Department of Health (DOH) also said extending the imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) remains a possibility amid the rising number of coronavirus disease...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Hospital intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy rates in nine cities in Luzon and Visayas have already reached "critical" levels due to rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, OCTA Research's latest monitoring report on Tuesday, Aug. 10, showed. The areas that...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Independent research group OCTA on Tuesday, Aug. 10, expressed "very serious" concern about the new surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases that are happening not just in Metro Manila but also in other parts of the country. "This is very serious...
As the House of Representatives continued to draw flak for its planned congressional inquiry of the OCTA Research Group, the chairman of the House Committee on Good Government assured fairness and objectivity in the conduct of the probe. Octa Research logo DIWA Partylist Rep. Michael Aglipay said...
Malacañang said the OCTA Research group should understand that it cannot stop lawmakers from conducting any investigations, including one aimed at the links and qualifications of its members. OCTA Research logo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after five members of the House...
OCTA RESEARCH The members of the independent research group OCTA on Monday, Aug. 9, cited that the pandemic model they are using has been useful in providing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) trends in the country. OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the reproduction number is the primary...
A science–savvy consumer advocacy group has defended OCTA Research from the House of Representatives' move to investigate the entity, delivering a sick burn to the legislators in the process. (Photo by Fusion Medical Animation/ Unsplash) "I appeal to our sensible lawmakers, to let our scientists...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila has logged 2,823 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Saturday, Aug. 7, the highest single-day record since May 2, when it was placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), independent research group OCTA said. In its latest...
(OCTA RESEARCH) The average number of new daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country has increased by 32 percent in the previous week, based on the OCTA Research's latest monitoring report released on Saturday, Aug. 7. The average number of new daily COVID-19 cases in the country...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) is expected to commence its research on the relations between body composition and quality of life in old age. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said preparations...
(UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES) The University of the Philippines (UP) on Friday, Aug. 6, clarified that it has "not sponsored, endorsed, or organized" the activities of the OCTA Research, an independent group that regularly issues findings and recommendations on coronavirus disease (COVID-19). UP...
