A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between two attached agencies of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) seeking to strengthen research collaboration on the applications of nuclear science and technology in the fields of volcanology and seismology. DOST-Philippine...
BUSINESS TALK By PCCI CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. CO The Philippines’s corn production needs to double to meet local demand and ensure that it will be unaffected if there is a global supply imbalance. With the current situation, the country is in a very vulnerable situation that when global corn supply...
What were the bright minds of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) doing at the Speaker Martin Romualdez-led House of Representatives on Tuesday, Feb. 7? Clockwise: ADMU university seal, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Wikipedia, MANILA BULLETIN, PPAB)...
Metro Manila’s Weekly Positivity Rate (OCTA FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the positivity rate of Covid-19 in Metro Manila "dipped back” to 2.3 percent after a temporary increase due to more people being tested positive for the disease. In an update...
Independent OCTA Research Group on Sunday, Jan. 29, warned of the increasing seven-day Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in a tweet on Sunday, disclosed that after a series of decline, Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate has once again “inched up.” “...
Covid-19 Positivity Rates in Metro Manila and Luzon Provinces as of January 21, 2023 (OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila continues to see a “low” Covid-19 positivity rate, while no province in Luzon has seen an increase in positivity rates over the past week, said a...
Who knew that music through guitar lessons can help restore lost functions in a stroke patient? (Photo courtesy of DOST-PCHRD) This is now being developed by the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) together with the University...
Metro Manila’s Weekly Covid-19 Positivity Rate (OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila dipped to 2.9 percent as of Jan. 18, said OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David on Friday, Jan. 20. In an update posted on social media, David said the...
To assist farmers in recovering from the devastation caused by Typhoon "Odette" and the Covid-19 pandemic, the Crops Research Division (CRD) of the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD)...
OCTA Research Tugon ng Masa Survey conducted from Oct. 23 to 27, 2022 with 1,200 adult respondents nationwide. (OCTA RESEARCH) About 68 percent of Filipinos agree with the plan to pursue the reinstitutionalization of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) for those who are at least 18 years...
Covid-19 Positivity Rates in Metro Manila and Luzon Provinces as of January 14, 2023 (OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The OCTA Research said that the Covid-19 positivity rates in Metro Manila and 10 provinces in Luzon have dipped to “low” levels on Jan. 14. In an update posted...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila dropped to 5 percent on Jan. 10, based on monitoring by OCTA Research. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that the positivity rate—or the number of individuals who yielded positive results from those...
