JULY 2019 | International Law Alerts | Biotechnology / Technology

AN INITIAL P1 billion will be appropriated for the first year implementation of Republic Act (RA) 11293 or the Philippine Innovation Act inked by President Rodrigo Duterte to “promote growth and national competitiveness of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

An agreement on scientific and technological cooperation was forged between the Philippines and the US at the end of the 8th United States–Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue.

The Philippines rose 19 notches in terms of innovation in a global index released Wednesday, marking the first time it was categorized as an “innovation achiever.”

A Cebuano research intern in the Institute of Biological Chemistry at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan is taking bioplastic a notch higher.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is already preparing for the impact of automation on the Philippine labor force, anticipating a massive loss of jobs and finding ways to keep Filipinos employed amid fierce competition from robots.