TAGUIG CITY – Anticipation fills the air as the Philippines prepares to celebrate its homegrown inventors and their groundbreaking creations. The National Inventions Contest and Exhibits (NICE) 2024, organized by the Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), is set to showcase the best of Filipino innovation. It’s…
Clockwise: Larry Tan Villareal, Benito Techico, Manuel Mamba Sr., Cua Ching Tam, Lily Tan Lim and Ma. Gabriel Lopez
By Benjamin Nathaniel Bondoc TAIPEI, Taiwan – South Korea’s capital Seoul is determined to push for digital and green projects to improve the people’s quality of life, attract investments and foster further collaboration with the international community in turning these visions into reality. Speaking to international media members on the sidelines of the 2024 Smart City…
(Photo courtesy of PH Embassy in UK Facebook Page) BAGUIO CITY – Filipino medical professionals, especially nurses, are known for being compassionate and caring, thus considered important parts of United Kingdom’s health service. Iain Cox, political counsellor of the British Embassy in Manila, said British people have, one way or another, encountered Filipinos in the medical…
By Liza Agoot BAGUIO CITY – Retired but not tired. Spouses John and Marcela Tinoyan, who have retired from government service as medical practitioners in Baguio City and Benguet, are pursuing their advocacy of healthy living and eating organic food, which, they say, defines the health condition of a person. The couple has a farm resort…
By Gladys Serafica DARAGA, Albay – In case you haven’t checked your February 2024 calendar yet, Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day. With two seemingly contrasting holidays sharing the same date—as the start of the liturgical 40-day season of Lent requires fasting and abstinence while the most romantic day of the year encourages luxurious indulgences—this…
Bong Galon Herbal Oil in Bukidnon, Northern Mindanao acquires License to Operate through the assistance of consultancy and training services of the Department of Science and Technology, passing the evaluations and inspections mandated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Despite the rich and vast details that history provides regarding the origins of Bay, there is no known record as to who the valiant discoverer of the pristine municipality is. Yet, it has not hindered the town’s quest towards achieving sustainable progress and development. It has carved its own niche as the quaint but transformational government unit exuding excellence and exuberance.
The government targets to reduce the country’s poverty to a single-digit figure by 2028. In his first State of the Nation Address in 2022, President President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Marcos vowed to bring down poverty to as low as 9 percent by the end of his term. Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) latest data showed the country’s poverty rate already…
By Severino C. Samonte Did you know that the first proposal or move to amend or change some of the provisions of the 1987 Constitution happened in 1997 and that then President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) became a prime suspect in initiating it to pave the way for the extension of his term which was due to end on…
