The Philippines may reach 20,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases per day within the next two weeks as infections continue to rise in the country, OCTA Research said on Saturday, August 21. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Ang katotohanan kahit ayaw nating sabihin ito, tataas ang numero......
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Friday, Aug. 20 that it will be conducting a study on the state of nutrition in areas hit by disasters and calamities. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the research study will be conducted...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has tapped a total of 61 “active” volunteers for its clinical trial seeking to evaluate the beneficial effect of virgin coconut oil (VCO) given to probable coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Valenzuela City. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Independent research group OCTA observed a surge in new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Rizal province, based on its monitoring report for Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) released on Friday, Aug. 20. In its monitoring from Aug. 13 to 19, the average...
A local machine shop in Zamboanga Sibugay is now a licensee of the Department of Science and Technology-Metals Industry Research and Development Center’s (DOST-MIRDC) abaca fiber stripping technology. (DOST-MIRDC) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said a non-exclusive limited...
The increase in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Cebu City and its nearby areas is slowing down, according to independent group OCTA Research. “The surge in Cebu City and nearby municipalities, which is the worst COVID-19 surge in the area since the start of the pandemic, is...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD), University of The Philippines-Manila (UPM), and Fondazione Italiana Fegato (FIF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) seeking to develop and promote scientific and technological...
The Industrial Technology Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ITDI) clarified Wednesday, Aug. 18, that it forged partnership with its market research partner Dr. Dave Centeno and not with the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman for the market research...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Metro Manila's average daily attack rate (ADAR) and positivity rate have breached their critical levels in the previous week, based on the latest OCTA Research's report released on Wednesday, Aug. 18. The ADAR or incidence rate of COVID-19 infections in Metro Manila has increased to...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) has announced that four new silkworm hybrids have been developed in Northern Mindanao and are expected to be officially launched for commercial use by the end of this year. New Philippine silkworm hybrids...
(OCTA Research) Independent research group OCTA on Tuesday, Aug. 17, said that the daily recorded cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Central Luzon have risen steadily from Aug. 10 to 16. In OCTA's Central Luzon COVID update released on Tuesday, Bataan registered a "critical" average daily...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), and Central Luzon accounted for 63 percent of the total recorded cases in the Philippines on Monday, Aug. 16, said an OCTA Research expert. Metro...
