Sustainable Structures

What you build is for the future, and Mother Nature will be its only permanent resident

Missed flight due to immigration inspection? BI should pick up travel expense tab, says nat’l budget

The 2024 national budget has a special provision for the travel expenses of foreign-bound Filipino passengers who missed their flights due to prolonged secondary inspection by immigration officers, Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr said recently. “In the 2024 General Appropriations Law, the travel expenses incurred by Filipino passengers who were deferred or denied boarding

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Global ship owners to contribute to zero emission fund

Recognizing the urgency to create workable solutions to meet ambitious net zero targets, ship owners globally have agreed to mandatory contributions towards mitigating their ships’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Targeted to reach billions of dollars annually, the contributions would accelerate the global commercial shipping fleet’s transition to net zero emissions by 2050 and support developing

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Record 36,410 Filipino nurses took US licensure exams for the 1st time in 2023

In 2023, a total of 36,410 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates from the Philippines spent P405 million to take the US licensure examination for the first time, Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo, vice chairperson of the House committee on higher and technical education, revealed recently. “That is a record high and nearly double

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Taguig opens 24/7 diagnostic lab

In addition to the 29 community-based laboratories located in each health center and three main laboratories, Taguig City is now offering 24/7 diagnostic laboratory services for emergency patients. Located in its Super Health Center in Barangay North Signal, the laboratory is equipped with complete manpower—medical technologists, nurses, doctors, and a laboratory staff—to ensure that it

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UP lawyer: Scientists need to patent their inventions

In the 1990s, Dr. Neila Cortes-Maramba of UP Manila led a team of scientists investigating 10 medicinal plants in the Philippines. Two of these plants exhibited promising results—one for cough and the other for urinary tract infections. The team patented Vitex negundo (Lagundi) and Blumea balsamifera (Sambong) in syrup and tablet forms, granting them exclusive rights to these medicines.

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