DOST funds studies on treatment of addiction and depression in newly renovated UP NIH Animal Laboratory Facility

Posted by Raffy Rico | Feb 12, 2023 |

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) funded two behavioral studies for treating addiction and depression in the newly renovated animal laboratory facility at the National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines (UP) Manila. The facility was presented to DOST after a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 27, 2023. DOST Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr., Undersecretary for R&D Leah J. Buendia, and UP Manila Chancellor Dr. Carmencita Padilla led the brief ceremony and quick tour inside the facility. It will house the project entitled, “Cessation of Toluene (Rugby) Addiction in Adolescents: Using a Rodent Model” to test novel...

EPD PBGEN Asueta Binisita ng PaMaMariSan-Rizal Press Corps Officers

Posted by Raffy Rico | Feb 11, 2023 |

Binisita ng ilan sa mga opisyal ng PaMaMariSan-Rizal Press Corps Officers ang opisina ni EPD Director PBGEN Wilson Asueta kamakailan. Napag-usapan sa pagbisita ng grupo ang drug cleared city o barangay at ilan pang mga issue. Ayon Kay Gen. Asueta: Kung ikaw ay idiniklarang drug cleared city o barangay, hindi ibig sabihin na ang mga kapulisan ay hindi na mag ooperate dyan sa lugar. Ang advice ko sa mga drug enforcement team at mga kapulisan natin na nasa field, bantayang maigi ang mga drug cleared na seyudad at barangay, dahil, ang mga sindikato ay maaring mag take advantage sa...

Lungsod ng San Juan Idiniklara ng PDEA na Full Drug Cleared

Posted by Raffy Rico | Feb 10, 2023 |

Idiniklara ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) na wala ng bawal na gamot sa dalawangput isang (21) barangay na sakop ng San Juan City. Ayon kay PDEA Regional Director Emerson Rosales, ang San Juan City pa lamang ang kauna-unahang lungsod sa buong Metro Manila na nagkamit nito. Ito ay matapos nang maging full-drug cleared ang natitirang tatlong barangay na kínabibilangan ng Barangay West Crame, San Perfecto at Batis. Ito ay matapos na matugunan ng tatlong barangay ang mga itinakdang panuntunan ng Regional Oversight Committee for Barangay Drug Clearing Program na pinamumunuan ng PDEA, PNP, DILG at DOH. Ayon kay...

Magalong urges SF Task Force, City Council to heighten awareness campaign vs vapes

Posted by Raffy Rico | Feb 10, 2023 |

Baguio City – In a move to arrest the growing number of youth who are into vaping, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong asked the city’s smoke-free task force and the city council to further strengthen its awareness campaign against the harms of vaping. “Vaping has become a growing problem among our youth with many who are attracted to its flavors and perceptions that it is a safer alternative to smoking. However, the truth is far from it. Vaping has been linked to serious health problems such as lung damage and in some cases, leads to death,” Magalong said during...

Filipinos dominate 2022 SEARCA Photo Contest

Posted by Raffy Rico | Feb 8, 2023 |

Filipinos won six of the seven prizes in the latest edition of the annual photo contest of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). Themed “Emerging Agricultural Innovations for the Next Generation,” the 2022 edition of the competition searched for images that depict technologies and innovation that are modernizing and transforming agriculture and rural development towards increased food supply and security. Now on its 16th year, the SEARCA annual photo contest attracted 760 entries from 182 photographers from 10 countries, namely, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,...

Libreng parking sa loob ng Pinaglabanan Shrine, may takdang oras

Posted by Raffy Rico | Feb 7, 2023 |

Binigyang diin ni San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora na libre ang pag paparking ng mga sasakyan sa loob ng Pinaglabanan Shrine sa mga nag jo-jogging sa umaga, partikular sa mga senior citizen at lehitimong taga San Juan na may dalang sasakyan. Subalit ito ay may takdang oras hanggang 8:00 ng umaga lamang na naaayon sa batas na ipinatutupad. Pakingan po natin ang kanyang sinabi: Dagdag pa ng Alkalde na kailangan sundin lamang ang ipinatutupad na ordinansa ng lungsod pagdating sa pagpaparking ng mga sasakyan sa palengke at ibat-ibang establisimiento sa lungsod partikular sa paligid at sa loob ng...

NCMF, Nagsagawa ng 1st National Development Leaders’ Summit

Posted by Raffy Rico | Feb 2, 2023 |

Isinagawa ng National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) ang kauna-unahang “National Development Leader Summit” na may temang: “Strengthening NCMF in Building Resilient Muslim Communities,” na ginanap sa Conrad Manila, noong January 31, 2023. Ito ay dinaluhan ng mga National Muslim Leader, both traditional at institutional, legislator, professional, academicians, ilang opisyal ng gobyerno, official delegates mula sa ibang bansa at mga media. Layunin ng nasabing summit na magkalikha ng ibat-ibang programa na makakatulong sa mga Pilipinong Muslim sa bansa. Sa pasisimula ng programa, malugod na binati at pinasalamatan ni Atty. Guiling A. Mamondiong, Secretary ng MCMF, ang mga dumalo sa...

Malaysian appointed SEARCA Deputy Director for Programs

Posted by Raffy Rico | Jan 31, 2023 |

For the first time, a Malaysian and a woman has been appointed as Deputy Director for Programs of the Philippine government-hosted Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). The appointment of Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Nur Azura Binti Adam, a distinguished educator and administrator at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), took effect on 1 January 2023. Her appointment is for a three-year term. “I am very happy that we now have Dr. Nur as our Deputy Director for Programs since the post had been vacant since 2006. I am doubly pleased that with Dr. Nur...

Pumanaw na Sundalo, Pinarangalan ni OCD Admin Nepomuceno

Posted by Raffy Rico | Jan 21, 2023 |

Itinuturing na bayani ngayon si Philippine Army Corporal Jerry Palacio matapos itong pumanaw habang nagliligtas ng ating mga kababayan sa gitna ng pagbaha sa buong lalawigan ng Samar nitong nakaraang linggo. Ang kanyang labi na ngayon ay nasa kanyang tahanan sa Mondragon, Northern Samar. Ito ay personal na pinarangalan ni Department of National Defense UnderSecretary Ariel Nepomuceno ng Office of Civil Defense (OCD). Sa kanyang pagdalaw sa pamilya ni Palacio, ipinaabot ni Nepomuceno ang pakikiramay ng buong OCD, NDRRMC at DND. Sinamahan si Nepomuceno ni Colonel Efren Morados ng Philippine Army . Bukod sa naturang pakikiramay ng OCD sa...

SEARCA supports digitizing supply stores for farmers

Posted by Raffy Rico | Jan 19, 2023 |

To provide farmers better access to supplies for agricultural production, the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) supported a project to digitize agri-supply stores through the GoEden online platform. According to SEARCA Director Dr. Glenn Gregorio, “GoEden consolidates products from various agri-supply stores into a one-stop online shop. This helps farmers cut travel time to multiple stores and avoid settling for products that fall short of requirements. The goal is to provide farmers a wide choice of products through an organized e-commerce platform.” The SEARCA Grants for Research towards Agricultural Innovative Solutions...

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