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Photo from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the temblor took place at about 21 kilometers (km) southwest of Mulanay, Quezon at 1:03 p.m. The quake had a depth of focus of 1 km and was tectonic in origin. Phivolcs said Intensity IV or “moderately strong” shaking was felt in Mulanay, Quezon. Intensity III or “weak” shaking was monitored in Catanauan, Quezon and Torrijos, Marinduque. The agency also measured an Instrumental Intensity IV in Mu...

(DOST-Mimaropa) The Department of Science and Technology-Mimaropa (DOST-Mimaropa) and the DOST-Technology Application Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI) have decided to extend until June 27 the deadline for the submission of entries to the RICE. The DOST-Mimaropa announced that the regional invention tilt, which was scheduled on May 25 to 27, will be moved to August 10 to 12. “The rescheduling intends to give due consideration to interested participants who are struggling to complete their requ...

BOAC, Marinduque, May 4 (PIA) -- Marinduque Representative and Speaker Lord Allan Velasco o

Good News Pilipinas Filipina agriculture advocates named in World’s 50 Best Next Leaders  Louise Mabulo of The Cacao Project and Cherrie Atilano, founder of Agrea. Photos from Louise Mabulo and Cherrie Atilano socials. The World’s 50 Best has named Filipina agriculture advocates Louise Mabulo and Cherrie Atilano in its inaugural 50 Next leaders list of exceptional young people from all over the world who are shaping the future of gastronomy. The 2021 list from the United King...

Safe, Swift and Smart Passage or S-PaSS (Department of Science and Technology) The DOST Region VII, which developed the travel app, reported that S-PaSS has a total of 611,042 registrants, as of April 23. “The implementation of the S-PaSS has reached over 83 provinces with Ilocos Region, Western Visayas, Central Visayas and Northern Mindanao already fully utilizing the online travel management system,” the DOST said in a statement. The system seeks to help the LGUs in managing the traveler...

Published April 28, 2021, 4:49 PM Supreme Court The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the gathering of documents which would pave the way for the payment of just compensation to the Hacienda Luisita, Inc. (HLI) owners whose 4,915 hectares of sugarcane plantation in Tarlac were distributed to 6,296 farm worker beneficiaries (FWBs). Based on its July 5, 2011 decision, the SC directed HLI owners to turn over the land directly to the FWBs who will pay just compensation based on the 1989 land valuation...

Published April 22, 2021, 12:26 PM The top official of the House of Representatives on Thursday, April 22, called for actions on the Philippines’ problem on plastic pollution. In his Earth Day statement, House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco stressed the “compelling need” for “direct and tangible” solutions to plastic pollution in the country, such as imposing a ban on harmful and unnecessary single-use plastic products. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco (Lord Allan Velasco’s Office / FILE PHO...

Louise Mabulo of The Cacao Project Gamechanging Producer Louise Mabulo is a chef and the founder of The Cacao Project, an initiative that seeks to help farmers work sustainably and make a profit. The social venture came about following a typhoon in Mabulo’s home of San Fernando, Camarines Sur in 2016 when Mabulo, just 18 at the time, saw the impact of the typhoon on farmers’ livelihoods. Identifying that cacao plants were among the few crops still standing post-typhoon, her disaster relief ...

Published April 21, 2021, 7:00 AM With many of the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) still getting back on their feet following last year’s wallop of disasters and most still prepping for recovery from the health crisis, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) reported that loan portfolios extended to these rural power utilities reached P102 million within first quarter this year. The government-run agency’s Accounts Management and Guarantee Department (AMGD) stated that a s...

(PAGASA / MANILA BULLETIN) In its 5 p.m. severe weather bulletin, PAGASA said the typhoon was located at 290 kilometers east of Virac, Catanduanes at 4 p.m., packing a maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 250 kph, while moving west northwestward at 15 kph. PAGASA said moderate to heavy, with at times intense rains would be felt over Eastern Visayas and Bicol Region Sunday. By Monday, April 19, moderate to heavy, with at times intense ra...