PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As the world’s economic powers gathered in Rome for the G-20 Summit, Iran announced that it would resume nuclear talks in Vienna before the end of this month. Tehran’s announcement is a welcome development as it is a significant step...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Friday, Nov. 5, that the Visayas’ first Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Laboratory will open its doors to the public by mid-December 2022. (Photo by Testalize.me on Unsplash) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the...
Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Monday November 1 said turning to safe atomic power could be a viable option considering the rising prices of oil and gas in the global market, coupled with the volatile output of some renewable energy sources....
The Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) trilateral security partnership must be favorable to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which the Philippines is a founding member. (Photos from Unsplash/ Malacañang) This was the gist of President Duterte's message on...
President Duterte has told his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that arrangements such as the Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) trilateral security partnership “must complement and not complicate" working methods for cooperation. President...
WASHINGTON, United States -- A US nuclear submarine was damaged after hitting an unidentified object while operating underwater in Asia, the US Navy said Thursday. The US Navy Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine struck an object while submerged on Oct. 2, while operating in international waters in...
Malacañang still has no official position on the AUKUS security pact, but President Duterte has expressed concern on one of the agreement's implications in the Southeast Asian region. President Rodrigo Duterte tries to get his point across during the "Talk to the People" public briefing on Monday...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's foreign ministry on Monday said a new US alliance in the Indo-Pacific and recent US submarine contract with Australia could trigger a ''nuclear arms race'' in the region. This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows a close-up of construction...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Nuclear-armed North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor in a "deeply troubling" development, the UN atomic agency has said, a possible sign Pyongyang is expanding its banned weapons program. Close-up of Radiochemical Laboratory complex,...
Energy Undersecretary Donato D. Marcos has been designated officer-in-charge (OIC) of the National Power Corporation (NPC), a state-run firm that has very strategic residual function of providing electricity access to island-mode or off-grid areas. The Office of the President, through the authority...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) has welcomed the House Committee on Ways and Means’ approval of a substitute bill seeking the creation of the Philippine Atomic Regulatory Commission (PARC). (Photo from DOST-PNRI) The DOST-PNRI thanked the...
Know the power of discovery and gain skills to teach nuclear science. (DOST-PNRI Facebook page) This was the invitation extended by the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to all Filipino high school teachers. "Want to gain more knowledge and...
