Published February 4, 2021, 11:47 AM
Different technologies have been adopted by the local government unit (LGU) of Noveleta, Cavite as well as two Cavite-based cooperatives through its Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC) .
Online Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) meeting with Ms. Jeanina Rogador, Science Research Specialist II, and Ms. Anna Marie Daigan, Science Research Specialist II of DOST PSTC-Cavite, and Ms. Teresita S. Tatlonghari, General Manager of M2EWC.
(DOST / MANILA BULLETIN)
The LGU of Noveleta adopted the Department of Science and Technology – Industrial Technology Development Institute’s (DOST-ITDI) Portable Biogas Digester.
Meanwhile, the Maitim II East Water Service Cooperative (M2EWC) and the Palangue Agrarian Reform Cooperative (PARC) adopted the DOST-Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (FNRI) Tubig Talino and Iron Fortified Rice Technology, respectively
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Last week, the Philippines’ coronavirus scoreboard hit the half-million mark. Based on the latest tally from the Department of Health (DOH), the number of confirmed cases has reached 500,577 with more than 24,000 still active, almost 466,000 recoveries, and nearly 10,000 deaths.
The DOH and the Philippine Genome Center also confirmed that the United Kingdom (UK) variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is now in the country after samples from a Filipino who arrived from Dubai two weeks ago yielded positive genome sequencing results. This UK variant is reportedly even more infectious than the original virus and is different from the mutation detected in South Africa.
By J. Albert Gamboa
The Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) will hold its first-ever virtual induction of officers and inaugural ceremonies today. Taking over the helm of the country’s foremost finance organization as the 2021 FINEX President is seasoned lawyer Francisco Edralin Lim, former President and CEO of the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Fresh from his stint as 2020 President of the Management Association of the Philippines, Mr. Lim brings a new perspective to FINEX, which coincidentally is also celebrating today the 53
rd anniversary of its founding on Jan. 15, 1968. His board’s theme for this year is “Transcending New Frontier. Leading Beyond Recovery.”