The Department of Health (DOH) believes that the Philippines was able to “adjust appropriately and accordingly” in dealing with the Covid-19 virus—three years since the declaration of the pandemic. It was on March 11, 2020 that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 as a...
Local leaders are now making efforts to use basic research and development outputs in their governance, the top official of the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) announced. DOST-NRCP Executive Director Dr. Bernardo N. Sepeda said that they...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has alloted P42.84 billion for agriculture as it vowed to help in boosting the country’s farm output in line with the Marcos administration’s plan of making the agriculture sector as one of the main drivers for growth and employment. In a statement,...
Through its Aquaculture Research and Development Division (ARDD), the Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) is now implementing a research project to validate Central Luzon State University's (CLSU’s) aquashading technology. The technology aims...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), local government units, and the private sector have already provided at least P20-million worth of food and non-food items as resource augmentation to areas affected by the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro. Based on the DSWD report as of March...
Two container vans containing P40 million worth of smuggled poultry products were seized at the Subic Port, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Monday, March 13. In a statement, the agriculture department said the containers were consigned to the Abucayan Business and Trade. The DA said...
A non-profit organization believes that the government should amend the tax incentives for electric vehicles as it 'lacks inclusivity.' According to Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship Secretary General Felix Jose Vitangcol, there seems to be a problem in the EO since only a limited...
Close to 1,500 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases were logged last January, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Based on the latest DOH data, a total of 1,454 HIV cases were recorded in January. The average cases per day in the said month was at 46. Thirty-nine deaths due to HIV...
The Philippine government is set to send $200,000 in financial donations to the Syrian Arab Republic following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria and killed over 55,000 people last month. In a Facebook post, the Presidential Communications Office said the donation would be...
There is a “slight” increase in the number of rabies cases this year, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. A total of 55 rabies cases were already recorded as of Feb. 25. This is eight percent higher than the 51 cases logged during the same period last year, said DOH-Epidemiology...
International think-tank and research organization Stratbase ADR Institute believes that electric motorcycles' inclusion in tariff reductions under Executive Order No. 12 would be beneficial to the public. (Photo courtesy of DOST-PCIEERD) Under EO12, several types of EVs have received tariff...
Billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink operated by SpaceX is now in the Philippines, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed on Friday, Feb. 24, calling it a “game changer” in terms of enabling better internet connectivity, especially in remote areas. ...
