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Homeowners expressed their joy when they received the House Turnover Certificate that signifies their ownership of the newly built Cement Bamboo Frame houses.

A housing nongovernment organization (NGO) and a world-class construction company engaged in the design and manufacture  of cutting-edge technologies, software, and services for the professional construction industry, recently urged the government to use the eco-friendly Cement Bamboo Frame Technology (CBFT)  to address the country’s housing backlog currently at 6 million…

She also expressed optimism that the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), the main implementer of the 4PH program, can consider

SEVERAL solons lauded the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (UST-FMS) on its 150th founding year. To mark the sesquicentennial, the Senate of the Philippines sponsored Senate Resolution 336 for the faculty’s “valuable contribution in developing medical and health-care educational institutions in the country.” It was read…

Despite advancements in building technology, materials, and methods, many homeowners still hold the intention to retain touches of traditional Filipino design.

Free workshops on resilient homes using Philippine bamboo technology are being offered both online and onsite to building contractors, architects, and engineers at the Base Bamboo Academy.

HOUSING INITIATIVE. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson speaks during the Coalition Meeting of the Negros Occidental Impact 2025, a shelter program of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines and Hilti Foundation in partnership with local government units, at the Seda Hotel in Bacolod City on Monday night (July 11, 2022). The NOI2025 aims to build 10,000 houses in the province using disaster-resilient cement bamboo frame technology.(Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occiden...

How can a tribe protect its 100-hectare ancestral domain? It’s a dream too big to reach for a tribe whose members are small farmers, each struggling to provide daily sustenance to their families, with a few of them on the way to leaving the land to seek jobs in the big cities. But hope – and a diff

The iconic ‘Bahay Kubo’ is more than just shelter and being the subject of a children’s song: Experts now report how bamboo, with its capacity for carbon sequestration, can help fight climate change.

The production of engineered bamboo as substitute for good lumber to help fight deforestation and climate change, among others, was envisioned by Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu. “Bamboo reduces the need for timber resources, and helps greatly in carbon sequestration, in biodiversity conservation and in low-cost rehabilitation of degraded lands,”…