Malacañang has ordered the abolition of the First Cavite Industrial Estate (FCIE), a 154.5-hectare industrial subdivision in Cavite, after being "dormant and non-operational" for several years and being no longer "cost efficient." Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed Memorandum Order...
Spotlight on UP’s Maria Christine Muyco as the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio fellow By Emma Orozco Maria Christine Muyco, music composer, ethnomusicologist, and music composition professor at the University of the Philippines recently enjoyed a scholarship of residency at Bellagio. It...
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) received a new scholarship fund for its indigent students from the campus' industry partners. Photo from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) website The five subsidiaries of Active Group of Companies (AGC), with its founder and...
Dreaded by some for its sticky syrupy feel, okra's daily oversupply in local markets has recently led to new products and discoveries that make great use of its notorious viscous property. Okra (photo from Pixabay) Banaba milk tea and toothpaste with calamansi seed oil are some of the new results...
Claroty Biannual Report Industrial control system (ICS) vulnerability disclosures grew a staggering 110% over the last four years, with a 25% increase in the second half (2H) of 2021 compared to the previous six months, according to new research released today by Claroty , the security company for...
Concepcion Industrial Corporation, the country’s leading provider of consumer lifestyle and building industrial solutions, reported a 58 percent drop in unaudited net income last year despite higher revenues. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said net income fell to P196...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Analytics Association of the Philippines (AAP) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to create a National industry Board for Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), the agency said on Tuesday, Feb. 15. (Photo from TESDA /...
The Las Pinas City Council, headed by Vice-Mayor April Aguilar, has extended the deadline for the payment of business permits, licenses, taxes and other commercial and industrial fees and charges until March 31 without interests, penalties, and surcharges. Mayor Imelda Aguilar immediately signed...
The team of experts from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Metals Industry Research and Development Centre (MIRDC) behind the the Advanced Mechatronics, Robotics and Industrial Automation Laboratory (AMERIAL) project visited 12 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Batangas...
Practical benefits such as extended equipment life, reduced costs, lower downtime and higher productivity: these were the desired outcomes pinpointed by professionals when they choose the ideal industrial hydraulic oil. In an online meeting held last October 20 and hosted by Castrol and its...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) inaugurated on Tuesday, Nov. 9, the country’s first Metrology in Chemistry (MiC) Laboratory. (Photo from Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute) DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña led the opening of the...
The second phase of a three-year project on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory of the entire production chain of industrial tree plantation (ITP) in Mindanao is underway, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and...
