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DOST ITDI Launched 4 RTD beverages from Philippine Tablea

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The Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) is launching four new variants of its Ready-to-Drink (RTD) native chocolate product line.  Developed by the Institute’s Food Processing Division (FPD), these shelf-stable drinks will be introduced during a product press launch on 22 February 2024 in Bicutan, Taguig City. The four variants are developed from the Philippine tablea (pronounced as tableya) or tablea de batirol, sikwate or tablea-eh, a native Filipino tsokolate drink traditionally prepared in a pot over medium fire and stirred using a batirol to produce a frothy drink. (A batirol is a  wooden tool used to mix the drink before serving to prevent bits of tablea from sinking to the bottom of the pot.) These are made from three basic ingredients: pure, finely ground cacao beans that is molded into a ball called tablea, water, and sugar.   The use of pure tablea gives the drink a rich, dark, and bitter chocolate flavor.  The following are the different vari
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Italian Envoy Hosts Italian Street Food Festival to Help Underprivileged Kids in Tondo; Lacuna says PH-Italy Bond ‘Substantial’ to Strengthen Cultural, Economic Ties

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The Embassy of Italy in the Philippines , under the leadership of His Excellency, Amb. Marco Clemente, in collaboration with the Manila City government led by Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan, spearheaded a press conference on Thursday, November 16 at the Bulwagang Villegas of the Manila City Hall for the upcoming Italian Street Food Festival in Tondo on November 18, 2023, 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM The initiative, dubbed “Fiesta con Gusto” aims to raise awareness about Italian cuisine and at the same time, help underprivileged kids in Tondo who are suffering from hunger. Roughly 500 children, including their families, are expected to benefit from the cause, according to Amb. Clemente. During the press conference, Mayor Lacuna-Pangan underscored the significance of holding the food festival in Tondo. “If there is one place to hold a festival for our palates, it should be where people have hearty appetites. A place where love for food is not only for nourishing one’s stomach but likewise
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Eksibit sa Nanganganib na Wika

Binuksan noong 6 Nobyembre 2023 ang Eksibit sa Nanganganib na Wika sa Senado ng Pilipinas, Lungsod Pasay na pinangunahan ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino at Opisina ni Senador Loren Legarda.  Tampok sa naturang eksibit ang mga wikang nanganganib na Arta, Alta, at Ayta Magbukun.   Arta ang tawag sa wika ng mga katutubong Arta na matatagpuan sa Nagtipunan, Quirino. Mula sa unang talâ ni Lawrence A. Reid noong 1989 hinggil sa bílang ng mga tagapagsalita ng Arta, aabot sa 20–35 na pamilya ang nagsasalita ng wikang ito.Ngunit sa kasalukuyan, sampu (10) na lámang ang natitiráng tagapagsalita ng Arta at tanging matatandang Arta na lámang ito. Wikang Álta ang tawag sa katutubong wika ng mga Álta na naninirahan sa lalawigan ng Aurora. Ang wikang Álta ay kabílang sa wikang Austronesyano. Sa kasalukuyan, mayroon na lamang 53 sambahayan ang gumamit ng wikang Alta*.    Ayta Magbukún ang katutubong wika ng pangkat ng Ayta Magbukún. Sinasalita ito sa labindalawang komunidad ng Ayta Magbukún sa Bataan.
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MAGMASID GAMIT ANG MASDAN’, DOST-FUNDED, UP-DEVELOPED MOBILE APP TO HELP IN ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

Citizens can now report environmental issues and concerns through a mobile application called ‘MASDAN’. MASDAN is a platform for citizen science to map and monitor the water quality of Manila Bay and other similar areas in the country. In 2020, the University of the Philippines- Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) launched a two-year program in response to the need for technological interventions concerning the rehabilitation and sustainability of the Manila Bay area dubbed, “IM4ManilaBay”. MASDAN mobile app is one of the outputs of the Development of an Integrated Mapping, Monitoring, and Analytical Network System for Manila Bay and Linked Environments project or MApABLE, one of the four projects of the IM4ManilaBay Program. What is Citizen Science “Everything is mappable. We want to enable mapping and monitoring of the environment using geo-spatial technology such as remote sensing, surveying, graphic report syste
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PH celebrates the 9th International Day of Yoga at Mall of Asia

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Manila - The annual celebration of the International Day of Yoga (IDY) was held at the Music Hall of SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City today. The event was attended by over 200 participants who practiced yoga as drawn from the Common Yoga Protocol under the guidance of the leading Yoga gurus and experts in the Philippines.  The 9th  IDY celebration was held with the theme, “Yoga for Vasudhaiva   Kutumbakam” which means “Yoga for the world is one family.” The event recommenced last year after a two-year gap due to the pandemic.  The event compered by renowned Radio-host RJ Ledesma started with a devotional hymn (Ganesh Stuti) performed by an Indian expatsinger Ms. Sharada Malladi. The yoga practice commenced with the Suryanamaskar (sun salutation), led by Ms. Janice Cuevas, a certified Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga teacher. This was followed by the practice of key Yoga asanas led by Ms. Donna Lampano, a certified Yoga Guru. Thereafter, Ms Clara Day Herrera, a certified international exp
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Webinar on “Pagkain, Nutrisyon, Kalusugan at Kaligtasan: Pagharap sa Hamon ng Makabagong Panahon.”!

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The Metro Manila Health Research and Development Council (MMHRDC), in collaboration with the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) and the Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI), will be holding a virtual forum to be held on 17 May 2022 with the theme, “Pagkain, Nutrisyon, Kalusugan at Kaligtasan: Pagharap sa Hamon ng Makabagong Panahon.” There will be a series of talks during the forum, which will highlight health, nutrition and food safety. Speakers from the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) and ITDI will discuss about health and nutrition during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, proper food handling, nutraceuticals and functional ingredients, food packaging contaminants, and food preservatives. The forum is open to members of the MMHRDC consortia, DOST community, and public. It aims to spread awareness on the interventions being done by the scientific community to address the public’s needs in terms of he
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Protect Nature Filipino climate activists join call for equitable and inclusive climate summit

Call for Climate Justice! Manila/Amsterdam, 7 Sep 2021 — Filipino environmental activists joined the call of civil society groups around the world for an inclusive climate summit amid the worsening COVID pandemic. The activists joined over 1,500 civil society groups from 130 countries, members of Climate Action Network (CAN), to call for a postponement of the substantive negotiations of the COP26[1] due to the COP presidency and the UK government’s failure to ensure a safe, equitable, and inclusive summit.[2] Expressing concern that COP26 must be a platform where highly vulnerable communities and sectors are heard, Kyle Aboy, Filipino youth climate activist, supports the call to postpone COP26. “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released this year clearly demonstrates that climate change is a threat that needs transnational collaboration among countries. The Philippines, belonging to countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, must have inclusi
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