Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) House Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district) has congratulated the Marcos administration for its successful bid for the Philippines to host the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) Board under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “Hosting the LDF will help the Philippines gain fair access to financial…
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) held the National Textile Convention also known as TELACon at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on January 30-31, this year. This is part of the 2024 Philippine Tropical Fabrics (PTF) Month with the theme ‘Spinning Innovations.’ The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Textile Research Institute…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. honored this year’s Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos, saying their accomplishments are bringing the country closer to Bagong Pilipinas. “The excellence that you have demonstrated in your pursuits is, truly, worth emulating,” President Marcos said during the awarding rites for the foundation’s outstanding Filipinos held in Malacañang on Thursday. “Your accomplishments…
THE Department of Science and Technology Region 12 (DOST XII) officially kicked off the 2024 Regional Science and Technology Week (RSTW) at the Veranza Activity Center in General Santos City last October 2. With the theme, “ð‘ºð’Šð’šð’†ð’ð’”ð’šð’‚, ð‘»ð’†ð’Œð’ð’ð’ð’ð’‰ð’Šð’šð’‚, ð’‚ð’• ð‘°ð’ð’ð’ƒð’‚ð’”ð’šð’ð’: ð‘²ð’‚ð’ƒð’‚ð’ð’Šð’Œð’‚ð’• ð’”ð’‚ ð‘´ð’‚ð’•ð’‚ð’•ð’‚ð’ˆ, ð‘´ð’‚ð’ˆð’Šð’ð’‰ð’‚ð’˜ð’‚, ð‘·ð’‚ð’ð’‚ð’•ð’‚ð’ˆ ð’ð’‚ ð‘²ð’Šð’ð’‚ð’ƒð’–ð’Œð’‚ð’”ð’‚ð’ – ð‘·ð’“ð’ð’—ð’Šð’…ð’Šð’ð’ˆ ð‘ºð’ð’ð’–ð’•ð’Šð’ð’ð’” ð’‚ð’ð’… ð‘¶ð’‘ð’†ð’ð’Šð’ð’ˆ ð‘¶ð’‘ð’‘ð’ð’“ð’•ð’–ð’ð’Šð’•ð’Šð’†ð’” ð’Šð’ ð’•ð’‰ð’† ð‘®ð’“ð’†ð’†ð’ ð‘¬ð’„ð’ð’ð’ð’Žð’š,”…
MANILA – Minimum wage earners in Metro Manila will get a bit of relief from the rising cost of living after the region’s wage board approved a PHP35 hike in their daily salary. In a social media post Monday, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board – National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) said Wage Order No. NCR-25…
DOST officially hands over the new sewing machine to the Damugu Weavers Association through its President, Irene Sinhayan (center) on Jan 12, 2024at San Rafael, Talakag, Bukidnon. The Department of Science and Technology turns over an industrial high-speed sewing machine to the Damugu Weavers Association, a group of IP women weavers in San Rafael, Talakag,…
JAKARTA – Indonesian Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said he is optimistic ASEAN will become an epicenter of growth, as envisioned by Indonesia, which chairs the ASEAN regional group this year. Hadimuljono said the just concluded ASEAN Summit was not merely a ceremonial event. “We believe it will create more concrete actions, and ASEAN will be an epicenter of growth,” he said in a statement. The…
PIKIT, Cotabato Province (PIA) — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the inauguration of an infrastructure project in Barangay Bagoinged, Pikit, in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s Special Geographic Area (BARMM-SGA). The Malitubog-Maridagao Irrigation Project (MMIP) Stage II, is expected to play a pivotal role in transforming a warzone into an economic zone…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has identified the regular holidays and special non-working days for the year 2024. In Proclamation No. 368 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin on October 11, it stated that the Department of Labor and Employment shall implement the guidelines for the proclamation. The proclamation shall take effect immediately and…
Another innovation milestone has come to Northern Mindanao, as the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST – PTRI) launches the Silk Innovation Hub at Brgy. Imelda, Villanueva, Misamis Oriental on March 02, 2024. Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay-Angeles, a supporter of the silk industry, led the ribbon cutting and…
The researchers suggest further microbial and natural product (NP) exploration of volcanoes and hot springs – underexplored habitats – that will undoubtedly yield a huge repertoire of novel and biologically active compounds.
