JUNE 2019 | International Law Alerts | Biotechnology / Technology

Fixed broadband internet speed in the Philippines doubled from the third quarter of 2016 to the first quarter of 2019, a global internet speed tracker showed

One of the countries that are under a lot of stress because of crisis following the rising fuel costs and the chronic problem in unmanaged plastic waste is the Philippines. While solutions are being cooked up on a global scale, there are also many individual efforts being taken by many of its citizens.

The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) is working on the construction of a hybrid trimaran, a ship designed to generate power from ocean waves, which is expected to be delivered in 2020.