DOLOR (FB) CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Gov. Humerlito “Bonz” A. Dolor has approved an ordinance allowing the extraction or removal of armour or volcanic rocks in some areas in the province. Dolor signed Proposed Ordinance No. 145-2022 last Dec. 2 and ended speculations that he will veto...
Dugong Alay Dugtong Buhay Inc., founded in 1994 is a non-stock, non-profit and non-government organization, founded by Mr. Napoleon “Nap” Marilag, whose main objective is to organize bloodletting events to provide immediate, safe and free blood to needy hospital patients regardless of their...
Researchers from the Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) have developed sustainable natural textile materials from bamboo. Pretreated Bamboo Textile Fiber (Photo courtesy of DOST-PTRI) The DOST-PTRI said the production of greener bamboo textile...
The United States government has turned over RT-PCR extraction kits equivalent to 3,000 tests to the Philippine Genome Center to help strengthen COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) testing and genomic surveillance capability in the country. In a virtual ceremony on Friday, Aug. 27, U.S. Agency for...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Terra Verde Ecofarm Inc. (TVEI) to forge a partnership on the production of bamboo textiles through the agency’s bamboo fiber extraction technology....