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Stress-resistant Green Super Rice developed at IRRI
SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija—Researchers at the International Rice Research Institute have developed a rice variety found resistant to...
Groups press DENR to penalize coal plant
The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, the largest climate justice group in the country, trooped to the Department of Environment...
Domogan urges govt to share income with LGUs
BAGUIO CITY—Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan has urged the national government to include other sources of income in a lump sum...
Health ties for P’sinan, Sorsogon
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan—Health leaders of Sorsogon province, led by their Provincial Health Officer Edgar F. Garcia Jr., want to replicate the...
Ex-Baguio solon, 3 others charged
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet—The Office of the Ombudsman sustained the filing of charges against former Baguio City Rep. Nicasio M. Aliping...
Chilly 9.4 degrees in Baguio, 2 degrees in Pulag
BAGUIO CITY—Temperatures here dropped to 9.4 degrees Celsius at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, the state weather bureau said. Letty Dispo...
Bacoor 45-day drug plan launched
BACOOR, Cavite—The city government has launched a 45-day community-based program for recovering and “determined” drug dependents. Mayor Lani Mercado-Revilla said...
Pangasinan Day committee created
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan—Gov. Amado I. Espino III has created a committee to plan and execute a program of activities for the...
N. Vizcaya families get startup funding
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—At least 148 families here received cash assistance from the provincial government to start up small enterprises in...
BPSU readies for ISO certification
BALANGA CITY, Bataan—The Bataan Peninsula State University is readying for International Organization for Standardization certification, as university officials, faculty members...
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