Uncertainties caused by COVID-19 have driven more Filipinos to save extra, but they do it without careful planning, a survey commissioned by Hong Kong-based AIA Group Limited revealed on Tuesday, July 20. Based on AIA’s Save Smarter Study 2021, the survey showed that fear and insecurity arising...
International think tank Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has backed the Philippine government on its stand at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and harmful fisheries subsidies....
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar emerged as the "most influential" potential candidate for Senate in the 2022 elections in terms of social media and mainstream media Facebook pages influence, a research company found. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, Presidential...
Filipino higher education students are ready in terms of computer or internet self-efficacy. However, they are unprepared to control their efforts in directing their own learning. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) These were the results of a Philippine Journal of Science (PJS) study conducted by a...
Generation Z and Gen X in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia (SEA) are less afraid about future technologies such as biometrics, smart appliances, robotic devices and deepfakes. By contrast, Millennials and Boomers are more guarded, according to security firm Kaspersky’s latest...
Vice President Leni Robredo told the government to stop questioning the latest Bloomberg Resilience Ranking that ranked the Philippines 52nd out of 53 countries in the “worst places to be as the world finally reopens,” noting that its non-competitiveness caused such low ranking. (Vice President...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced that the Philippines and Singapore are co-leading a regional study to look into the levels of immunity against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the communities within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). (Photo from DOST...
Those with less income are “generally happy” than those with more, based on the results of a Philippine Journal of Science (PJS) study. (PEXELS) The study, which was conducted by Rosalina Palanca-Tan of the Department of Economics, Ateneo de Manila University in Koronadal City, revealed that...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has strengthened the capacity of the local government units (LGUs) from Laguna to reassess their solid waste management plans. (Photo from DOST-PSTC Laguna) The DOST-Industrial Technology and Development Institute, in partnership with the Provincial...
Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform, revealed that global vaccine rollouts are driving increasing demand for vacations, with vaccinated travellers more likely to stay longer and spend more on their trips than unvaccinated travellers. Across the Asia-Pacific (APAC), where the...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Friday, June 4, that it has approved a project seeking to model embarkation-disembarkation behavior in commuter buses and trains to look into airflow and aerosolization in a bid to mitigate the transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)....
The proposed resumption of the pilot test of face-to-face classes in low risk areas will be studied by President Duterte in light of the gains achieved in the government's vaccination drive. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the...
