LAGUINDINGAN, Misamis Oriental – The feasibility study for the Mindanao Railway Project-Phase 3 is under way after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the joint venture of an Indian consulting company and a law firm signed a consultancy contract on Sunday, February 4. DOTr Secretary Jaime...
With Filipino households facing hikes in rice prices, the Department of Science and Technology– Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) on Friday, Jan. 19, suggested finding affordable and nutritious alternatives. Photo from Unsplash According to the Expanded National Nutrition...
Angkas riders (MANILA BULLETIN) Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte has reiterated the need for Congress to pass a law regulating the operations of motorcycles-for-hire amid the seemingly endless pilot study on them that's being conducted by the Land Transportation and Franchising...
DAVAO CITY – From a “place of concern to a place of safety.” That’s what Mindanao has become. A study conducted by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) showed that the regions in Mindanao now enjoy a “general atmosphere of peace and order.” Conducted in the first quarter of this...
According to a scientific paper released last May 31, 2023, baby boys talk more than baby girls. This revelation contradicts the common belief that females hold a language advantage over males early on in life. The findings, published in iScience after the largest ever study on the subject, came as...
More Filipinos belonging to the Indigenous People (IPs) sector are undernourished, anemic, and iodine-deficient compared to non-IPs, according to the Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI). This was mentioned in the policy statement “A Glimpse to...
CEBU CITY – A mobility company that introduces green concept has partnered with the city government of Mandaue for the feasibility study of an environmentally friendly mass transport system project. VINCENT Tan (from left), regional vice president of Greater China and Asia Pacific for Rail/Future...
A state-run shelter seeking to protect rescued women and children is now home to one of the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s newest Tech4Ed centers. In partnership with the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental, the DICT launched a Tech4Ed center at the Reception Study...
Caught between declining income and increasing expenses in the wake of the pandemic, more Filipinos are interested to borrow, according to survey data from consumer finance service Digido released Wednesday, Nov. 23. Between October and November 2022 Digido surveyed 130 of its client-respondents...
The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) will make a thorough assessment of the Philippine’s education system over the next three years with the aim of coming up with solutions to the problems plaguing the sector. Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, one of the six...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Neanderthals may have lived in larger groups than previously believed, hunting massive elephants that were up to three times bigger than those of today, according to a new study. The researchers reached their conclusions, published in the journal Science Advances on...
Majority (80%) of Filipinos expect their income to increase this year despite a higher number of individuals convinced that the domestic economy would go into recession. Global information and insights company and the Philippines’ first comprehensive private credit reference agency, TransUnion...
