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MANILA, Philippines — Umaaray sa mas mataas na presyo ng pagkain ang "halos buong populasyon" ng Pilipinas matapos mapuna ang bigas bilang may pinakamalaking inilobo sa nakaraang kwarter, ayon sa pinakahuling Pulse Asia survey.
CONSUMER product rivals Matsushita Electrical Industrial and Sony pressed the right buttons in JapanBoth stocks gained ground but, as has been the story so far this year, Matsushita had the edge. Reflecting that gap, it recently surpassed Sony in market capitalisation for the first time in four years.Matsushita rose 33 yen or 2.3% to 1492 yen with first-quarter figures looming tomorrow. Analysts expect the company behind the Panasonic brand to report net profit climbed by just under two-thirds to seven billion yen (£36 million).
GENEVA, Switzerland — The UN's health agency on Monday recommended a second malaria vaccine for children, which could save hundreds of thousands of lives by plugging a huge supply and demand gap.
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno assured the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) community that the government will prioritize learning recovery in order to secure economic productivity.
Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for a more regular conduct of the Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) for better monitoring of the country's literacy rates. The FLEMMS is a household-based nationwide survey conducted every five years. The FLEMMS 2019 was the sixth in the series starting in 1989.
UNITED NATIONS, United States — With the production of plastic on the rise worldwide and creating ever more pollution, the UN environment chief warned that humanity cannot just recycle its way out of the mess, and she called for a total rethink about the way we use plastics.
MANILA – Filipino scientists abroad are encouraged to go back as there are many opportunities for them to contribute to the country, an official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday. "There are many aspects where our Balik Scientists have been helping us in filling the gaps when we couldn't find the expertise here," DOST Undersecretary Leah Buendia said in a public briefing.There were 44 scientists who came home from July 2022 to June 2023. Buendia said almost 700 scientists came back to the Philippines since 1975, helping the country in the fields of space technology, drug development and discovery, nanotechnology and virology and vaccine development."We feel the support of the government due to the passage of Republic Act 11035 in 2018. This helped us prioritize funding not just the incentives, but also research and development," she said.Buendia explained that back in 1975, the incentives given to Balik Scientists were limited and small, thus the Philippines couldn't compete with other countries in terms of providing the scientists with greener pastures.She noted there have been many engagements since the passage of RA 11035.Recent engagements of Balik Scientists involved addressing Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) and Mindoro oil spill, according to Buendia. Some of them are working on genomics at the Philippine Genome Center. The official also cited one Balik Scientist who recently worked with a local pharmaceutical firm and the University of San Agustin in Iloilo City in creating beauty and health innovations. Their recently launched products contained kadios, an Ilonggo agricultural product, and were said to help address skin problems and infections due to kadios' antibacterial