Published April 29, 2021, 9:50 AM
The emergence of hundreds of community pantries nationwide has not only helped those in need of food and basic necessities, but also local farmers who need to earn a living amid the COVID-19 crisis.
LOOK: A farmer wrote a letter to express his gratitude to those who bought their crops to donate to the community pantries of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP). (PUP) | via @MB andreaaropic.twitter.com/VMU5bk1Xgb Manila Bulletin News (@manilabulletin) April 28, 2021
A farmer from Dane Ver Farm wrote a heartfelt letter of gratitude to those who opted to buy their crops instead of getting them from malls and supermarkets to donate to the community pantries of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP).
By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published April 29, 2021 2:10pm A civil society organization on Thursday pushed for an alternative stimulus program to help the country recover from the COVID-19 crisis. Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) president Rene Ofreneo said during a virtual press briefing that the recovery program should channel funds and resources into people’s immediate needs for survival such as food and medicine. Upgrading communities should be done through “holistic resilience building programs, he added. The FDC also reiterated its proposal to impose a wealth tax on rich Filipinos or those with an annual net worth of at least more than P100 million.
Published April 29, 2021, 7:03 PM
Maya-3 and Maya-4, the first Philippine-university built cube satellites, have been turned over to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the STAMINA4Space has announced.
Space Science and Technology Proliferation through University Partnerships (STeP-UP) scholars. (Top row, left to right) Renzo Wee, Christy Raterta, Lorilyn Dacquioag, Derick Canceran, (bottom row, left to right) Judiel Reyes, Gladys Bajaro, Marielle Magbanua-Gregorio, Bryan Custodio (Photo from STAMINA4Space Facebook Page)
The country’s third and fourth nanosatellites were turned over to the JAXA on April 28, it said in a Facebook post.
“Congratulations to STeP-UP (Space Science and Technology Proliferation through University Partnerships) Scholars batch 1 for the successful turnover of their cube satellites, Maya-3 and Maya-4, to the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)!,” it said, describing it as a “milestone.”
Published April 30, 2021, 6:00 AM
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has set up a Research Academy that will boost BSP’s readiness to handle, keep track of, and regulate digital currencies and artificial intelligence (AI).
“The BSP is looking at the implications of new technologies such as digital currencies and AI on the future of central banking, the financial system and the macroeconomy,” according to BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno (MB file)
Diokno, who is an economist and taught as a professor for 40 years at the University of the Philippines, said that this year until 2023, the BSP research units will cover emerging developments and challenges in central banking.
April 29, 2021 SINCE the opening of the “City Hall pantry at your doorstep” by the Cebu City Government on Monday, April 26, 2021, around 2,600 families in five barangays have benefited from the program.
This was disclosed by Market Administrator Irvin Cabales, who is leading the program initiated by Mayor Edgardo Labella with the support of vendor associations of the Carbon Public Market and other public markets in the city.
The barangays that were already visited by the “City Hall pantry at your doorstep” were Day-as, Luz, Bulacao, Sambag 2 and Quiot.
The beneficiaries were able to choose a variety of grocery items to take home for free. These were vegetables, fruits, spices, meat products, noodles, sardines and other food items.