Mobile application Remote Online Surveillance for Banana (ROSANNA), a project funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) allows for a more seamless means to monitor a banana plantation with its mobile agricultural disease surveillance system capable of gathering and disseminating...
(SCREEN GRAB FROM PTV FACEBOOK PAGE) The Philippines remained at “very low risk” classification for Covid-19 even if the number of fresh cases are no longer dropping over the past week, the independent research group OCTA said on Saturday, April 9. “Nasa very low risk pa rin tayo. Yung...
An uptick or resurgence of Covid-19 infections in Metro Manila may occur due to waning vaccine immunity, an OCTA Research fellow warned on Thursday, April 7. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in a health forum held by the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), presented projections indicating that a...
In 2019, they aimed to do public opinion research, but Covid came along and OCTA shifted to study the pandemic. Now it is a ‘go-to’ source source of info on Covid The past two years have been challenging across all sectors of society, but there are also silver linings, such as the rise of...
Former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito is optimistic about his chances of getting a successful Senate comeback bid as he sees an improvement in his ranking in the latest senatorial preferential survey conducted by the OCTA Research Group. Ejercito’s ranking climbed to 7th place in the...
Senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero ranked high among other bets in the latest opinion polls conducted by research group OCTA ahead of the May 9 national elections. According to OCTA Escudero is currently seeking a Senate comeback in the upcoming May polls. He is...
House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has emerged as the top choice of Filipinos among the senatorial candidates for the May 2022 elections, based on the lateset OCTA Research survey. Legarda, who is seeking a Senate comeback in the upcoming polls got the nod of 69 percent of a total 1,200 respondents...
Recognizing the importance of research in crafting policies within the government, the Department of Education (DepEd) formally launched its Edukasyon-Saliksik (E-Saliksik) Research Portal. (Image courtesy of DepEd) “Research is very important to support policy formulation in the government,”...
The Philippines logged the second lowest Covid-19 average daily attack rate (ADAR) in Southeast Asia based on the OCTA Research group’s data on Thursday, March 24. In a tweet, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David presented the Covid-19 numbers in Southeast Asia and East Asia. (Unsplash) “East and...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in the Philippines has slightly increased to 2.5 percent but the country’s risk level remains “very low,” the independent research group OCTA said on Tuesday, March 22. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in an update shared on Twitter, said...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has a practical advice for the people asking about what his father--the late former strongman president Ferdinand Marcos--did during his administration. The late president Ferdinand Marcos (Photo from Wikipedia) Bongbong, in his interview Monday, March 21...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The decline in Covid-19 infections in Metro Manila has slowed down in the past week but the region remained at “low risk” from the virus, the OCTA Research Group said on Monday, March 21. In an update shared on Twitter, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said the...
