Halfway through 2020, doctors at The Medical City (TMC) evaluated and used stem cells from the umbilical cord of newborns for the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia. One year into the pandemic, cases are still rapidly rising in the Philippines. The Department of Health (DOH) on...
The Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has clarified that it was not anti-environment and was not endorsing deforestation. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST-FPRDI Director Romulo T. Aggangan lamented that because of its name, the...
The OCTA Research Team sees the new COVID variants as the reason for the spike in cases in Metro Manila and several parts of the country. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said his group saw a rapid increase in Metro Manila’s reproduction rate (R0) which is...
Prior to the onslaught of the country's first typhoon this year and in preparation for the launch of its mobile community app for fisherfolks, Globe Telecom, Inc. distributed mobile phones to 93 fishermen in Sariaya, Quezon. The Globe initiative was in support of the order of Quezon Province...
Here's to a bright future for Filipino fashion TELA Gallery, Textile Design and Innovation Hub As it celebrates Philippine Tropical Fabrics Month and its 45th founding anniversary, the Philippine Textile Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PTRI) launches two...
Hit by calamities in 2020 A “perfect storm” – comprised of a series of typhoons, COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, the persistence of African Swine Fever (ASF), among other unfortunate scenarios – has challenged the agriculture sector in 2020, bringing down the total full-year output at -1.2...
The agriculture sector is expected to contract by more than 1 percent within the first three months of this year on the weight of the lingering impact of strong typhoons, namely Quinta, Rolly, and Ulysses, said a top official of an international think tank. "For the first quarter of 2021, we are...
After an “unexpectedly challenging year” for the Philippine agriculture sector, the Department of Agriculture (DA) must find a way to execute concrete actions that are “wiser, effective, efficient, and sustainable,” said a top official of an international think tank. “The year 2021 must...
Filipinos may now apply for research grants on accelerating transformation through agricultural innovation in Southeast Asia with a focus on food security during the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social impacts. The grants of up to US$20,000 will be given under the auspices of a Mentorship...
The use of crop biotechnology has reduced pesticide use associated with environmental impact and is beneficial for agricultural biodiversity, a UK-based agricultural economist and scientists from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) said. During an online technical forum organized by...
The harvest season for rice is over, but palay prices are still falling, a data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. During the fourth week of October, the average farmgate price of palay fell by 0.4 percent to P15.36 per kilogram (/kg), compared to its level of P15.42/kg in...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university based in the United States. Under this is the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) , a research enterprise in Singapore that is the largest international research program of MIT. SMART consists of...
