An expert from OCTA Research on Wednesday, July 7, said Metro Manila may become resilient to the Delta coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant in a few months with the ongoing vaccination rollout. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said each local...
Fall armyworm (FAW) began to threaten some rice fields in the Philippines, prompting the Department of Agriculture (DA) to prepare the country’s rice research and development workers for the possible infestation in more farms. A statement showed that DA’s Philippine Rice Research Institute...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Davao City continues to record the most number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases per day in the entire country, as it averaged 303 cases daily during the June 29-July 5 period, OCTA Research said in its monitoring report on Tuesday, July 6. This shows that Davao City...
The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) launched Monday, July 5, the state-of-the art Technovation Hub, which seeks to benefit entrepreneurs venturing on furniture, woodcraft, housing and bamboo musical instruments production....
The Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) has tapped two scientists to help Capiz State University (CapSU) and Mindanao State University (MSU) strengthen their research capabilities in fisheries and smart farming. Sample of catfish harvested...
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David on Sunday, July 4, warned the public against being complacent due to an "unstable" downward trend in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila. In OCTA's monitoring report released on Friday, July 2, it had observed a 5 percent increase in the average...
The World Health Organization (WHO) nodded to the use of the REwear Face Mask, a two-piece, four-layer re-usable and washable mask developed by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI). REwear Face Mask (Photo from DOST-PTRI) The DOST-PTRI said its...
The Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) said data collection for the last leg of the Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) which was called off due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has already begun. A member of the Department of...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Independent research group OCTA flagged four cities as "areas of concern" due to the increasing number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, as well as high incidence rate and hospital care utilization rate, during the June 25-July 1 period. OCTA identified Davao City, Iloilo...
(OCTA RESEARCH) The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila has increased by 5 percent this week, OCTA Research said in its latest monitoring report on Friday, July 2. Metro Manila had an average of 686 cases per day on June 25-July 1, which is 5 percent higher than the 654...
The effective management of pests on rice fields can't be achieved via a single method, but rather a combination of several practices, an expert from the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) said. This, as brown planthoppers recently infested 600 hectares (ha)...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said that Metro Manila may begin to reopen the economy once it has vaccinated 25 percent to 30 percent of its population. He said that aside from decreasing Metro Manila's number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and hospital...
