[ad_1] Image by Sophie Nengel via Unsplash Several Filipinos called for stricter laws against food fraud following the science and technology agency’s findings on local honey products. In a press release last Friday, December 11, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute He said his study found that …
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[ad_1] Professor Freddy Boey, Vice President of the National University of Singapore (Innovation and Enterprise), with the swabs. With him are (from left) Dr. Alfred Chia, Associate Professor David Allen, and Associate Professor Yen Ching-Chiuan. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE via The Straits Times / Asia News Network SINGAPORE – Even …
Read More »Suspension of NLEX Corp business permit stays
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corp.’s business permit suspension order stands because it refused to agree to Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian’s offer of a barrier solution for alleviate congestion at toll gates. During a two-hour meeting between Gatchalian and NLEX officials, the company requested additional time …
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[ad_1] A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London, on December 8, 2020. Britain on December 8 celebrated a turning point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as the largest vaccination program begins. in the country’s history with a new COVID-19 jab. Image: …
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[ad_1] Life in China has more or less returned to normal. Despite being the first country in the world to be affected by the COVID-19 virus, the government is currently reporting low infection rates, which it attributes to roadblocks and movement restrictions, most of which have eased since then. There …
Read More »Homegrown fintech startup SquidPay raises P200 million in funding
[ad_1] Homegrown fintech startup SquidPay raises P200 million in funding (Philstar.com) – Dec 14, 2020 – 10:20 am MANILA, Philippines – Local startup SquidPay Technology Inc. recently signed P100 million in Series A and a P100 million credit facility organized by Eastern Securities Development Corporation (ESDC) for its first round …
Read More »3 of 4 honey brands in fake PH, study says
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Attention Consumers: It may not be real honey you are buying. Researchers at the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology have found that at least three of the four brands of honey sold in the Philippines are either not pure …
Read More »DoST finds that 82% of honey for sale at PHL is fake
[ad_1] PHOTO COURTESY OF WILDBIENE + PARTNER RESEARCHERS affiliated with the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) have found that approximately 82% of honey products sold in the Philippines are actually sugar or corn syrups. Angel T. Bautista VII, a researcher at the Philippine Institute of Nuclear Research, said that …
Read More »DTI and PISI step up fight against substandard steel – Malaya Business Insight
[ad_1] The Department of Commerce and Industry has begun seizing substandard steel products from hardware stores, while the Philippine Iron and Steel Institute (PISI) is intensifying its trial buying operations at suspected substandard products. The reinforced transmission versus substandard steel follows the flooding of substandard rebar, angle bars, and unmarked …
Read More »More countries to dispense with pilot bias when UAE and Bahrain approve Chinese vaccines
[ad_1] A staff member tests samples of the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccine production plant of the China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) in Beijing, capital of China, on April 11, 2020. Photo: Xinhua After the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain is the second country to approve a Chinese vaccine …
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