Published April 23, 2021, 11:57 AM
Only one public university from the Philippines – Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU) – was ranked among the world’s best universities in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.
Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU) is the only public university in the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), in a statement issued April 22, confirmed that the TAU is the only State University in the country that made it to the 2021 THE Impact Rankings.
“TAU has continuously improved its ranking among SUCs [State Universities and Colleges] and has achieved Level 4 status in the last CHED leveling exercise,” CHED Chairman J. Prospero E. De Vera III said.
Published April 22, 2021, 7:59 PM
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman Senator Richard Gordon expressed his gratitude to leaders of various schools and local government units (LGUs) who did not hesitate to extend a helping hand in the humanitarian organization’s pandemic response efforts.
“This is the first time from memory that all these schools helped simultaneously and this sends a very strong signal – that we should learn from the leaders of these schools,” Gordon said during the virtual event on April 21. “Leadership is not a position, it is action,” he added.
The event paved the way for the virtual signing of the memorandum of agreement between PRC and De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (DLS-CSB) in Manila. PRC turned unused classrooms in the school into a 135-bed capacity isolation facility to serve asymptomatic patients from the city.
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In the NCR, where infections are high, occupancy rate is more than 60%.
The Ninoy Aquino Stadium, the Rizal Memorial Coliseum and the Ligtas 3-COVID-19 facility in Las Pinas are about 90% occupied.
Unused classrooms at the Ateneo De Manila University (AdMU), University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman, De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (DLS-CSB), and Adamson University (AdU) are already being utilized as temporary isolation facilities.
There are currently 15 modular hospital units with 516 beds nationwide which were built to serve as an “extension” to accommodate more COVID-19 patients.
The DPWH is building more quarantine facilities and modular hospitals to keep up with the spike of new COVID cases – 724 facilities by the end of April, and 300 rooms in modular hospitals by May.
Published April 10, 2021, 6:28 PM
Researchers from the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) and Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) are seeking to develop science-based monitoring techniques and planning guidelines for sustainable water resource management in tourist islands, such as Boracay Island.
This was disclosed by DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña during his weekly report on Friday, April 9.
Supported by the DOST-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD), the project “intends to provide a comprehensive understanding on the water conditions and outlook,” he said.
“Guidelines in the management of both surface and groundwater resources in the Nabaoy River Watershed and Boracay Island will be formulated as well.”