An iron fortified rice processing facility has been set up in Maramag, Bukidnon, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Friday, Oct. 1. (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the DOST-X, DOST-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) in cooperation with...
Despite the rising smuggling activities in the country involving agricultural commodities, Agriculture Secretary William Dar admitted that the construction of what will be the Philippines' first ever first-border quarantine facility for farm products is facing further delays. DA Secretary William...
The European Union and its member states and financial institutions will continue to step up their contribution to the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, EU Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Véron said Tuesday. European Union Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Véron (via Twitter) “No...
A top official of the United States Embassy in Manila on Tuesday said the US is honored to continuously contribute to the Philippines’ COVID-19 response following the latest delivery of nearly 2.6 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to the country. Newly designated US Embassy Charge...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines will receive additional 10 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses from the global vaccine sharing platform COVAX facility, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, Sept. 14. “We are looking at increasing vaccine...
A Japanese agricultural council is aiming to grant farmers in Benguet a solar-powered cold storage facility that will preserve local produce and eventually eliminatie post-harvest losses. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) But Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar said...
The United States has delivered an additional 188,370 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 2, as part of its worldwide effort to help the country in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. US Embassy officials join Philippine government officials in...
More provinces are now getting their supply of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but concerns were also aplenty if local government units (LGUs) in far-flung and geographically-isolated areas are already prepared to handle this sensitive vaccine. An airport employee...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has opened its isolation facility in Adamson University (AdU) in response to Hospicio de San Jose’s appeal for assistance. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon gave in to Hospicio de San Jose...
An integrated coconut sap processing facility will soon rise in Negros Oriental, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced on Friday, Aug. 27. (Photo by Alexandr Podvalny from Pexels) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said a memorandum of agreement (MOA) has been...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi ordered barangay captains to strengthen the use of isolation facilities and implementation of prevent-detect-isolate-treat-reintegrate (PDITR) strategy to stem the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city. He convened city officials and...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is committed to assist country’s researchers who are carrying out projects that would help boost the country’s fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) disease. (COARE Facebook page) This was assured by DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de...
