The seven-day positivity rate for Covid-19 in Metro Manila has "slightly decreased," said OCTA Research Fellow Dr. Guido David on Sunday evening, June 4. (JANSEN ROMERO FILE PHOTO MANILA BULLETIN) On Twitter, David noted that the National Capital Region (NCR) positivity rate decreased from June 3 as...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) together with the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) has launched a secure and convenient solution for last-mile parcel deliveries called the DALA Smart Lockbox system. According to DOST, this was developed in response to the increasing...
The seven-day positivity rate in Metro Manila has slightly decreased from 19.9 percent on June 1 to 19.4 percent, OCTA Research Fellow Dr. Guido David said on Friday evening, June 2. (Photo from Dr. Guido David/ Twitter) Based on David's latest post on Twitter, the country’s total caseload is now...
Forty-three percent or an estimated 11.3 million families in the country consider themselves poor in the first quarter of 2023, findings in the March 2023 OCTA First Quarter survey results released on Friday, June 2, showed. According to the OCTA’s “Tugon ng Masa” survey conducted from March...
A new laboratory has been inaugurated recently by the Department of Science and Technology's Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) together University of Cabuyao (UC) that seeks to boost the research capacity of the Laguna Province....
The seven-day positivity rate for Covid-19 in Metro Manila has “moderately decreased”, said OCTA Research Fellow Dr. Guido David on Thursday morning, June 1. (Jansen Romero / Manila Bulletin file photo) In an update posted on Twitter, David said that the National Capital Region (NCR) positivity...
The Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila have shown a consistent downtrend. (Janssen Romero / Manila Bulletin file) OCTA Research fellow Guido David said the National Capital Region (NCR) positivity rate dipped to 21.2% as of May 28. This is a further decrease from 25.2% last May 21. "DOH reported 0...
There is a much-debated notion in the scientific community, called the "golden spike" or simply the starting point of the "Anthropocene epoch", a period in which humanity started to impact the planet as a force of its own, signaling drastic change across Earth. DOST-PNRI’s Dr. Angel Bautista VII...
Majority of adult Filipinos are inclined toward entrepreneurship to be able to manage their own time and be their own boss, as they want to become their own boss, according to a recent commissioned survey conducted by OCTA Research. Results of the Tugon ng Masa (TNM) nationwide survey, conducted by...
The lower positivity rate over the past week suggests that Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila may have already peaked, according to the latest monitoring of the OCTA Research. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said the Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila has dropped from 26.1 percent on May 14 to 25.2...
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...
Filipino infants and young children still continue to be subjected to poor feeding practices, the 2021 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS)of the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) revealed. The survey indicated that six out of 10 infants...
