On July 16th 2014, Glenda, a category 4 tropical cyclone with winds reaching more than 160 kilometers per hour made its landfall at the Bicol Region before heading northwest to the Luzon Island. So far in 2014, Glenda is the strongest typhoon to hit the country. Consquently, Glenda is one …
Declaring their staunch support for the conservation of the Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve, stakeholders from various sectors sign a MOA with the University of the Philippines Los Baños for the creation of the Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve Stakeholders’ Council (MMFR-SAC). The MOA signing activity will be conducted at the Nicolas …
Inquirer reports the passing of a new law that require mobile phone companies to send out early disaster warnings whenever required by the government. The law was signed by President Aquino on June 27. Read more here.
Inquirer reports UP is 63rd in Asia’s top 300 universities. Last year, UP placed 67th. UP President Alfredo Pascual attribute UP’s improved score to “efforts to increase funds and incentives for research, upgrading our facilities and laboratories, proving support for PhD and Master’s scholarships, recruiting faculty through the Balik-PhD Program …
Global ranking of universities by the QS Quacquarelli Symonds’s World University Rankings by Subject put UP among the world’s top 200. Read more at PhilStar. Photo by IPS.
“We are looking at a next big attraction,” said Oliva of the MMFR, which he likened to a “sleeping giant” because of its big potential to draw not only the scientists and researchers but tourists and hikers as well. “Let’s protect the biodiversity and at the same time invite people …