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DOST deploys PH’s first locally made salt harvester in Mindoro

Did you know? Despite being surrounded by salt water, the Philippines imports 93% of its salt requirements because of a “dead local salt industry,” according to the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. But our overdependence on imported salt may change thanks to the government’s renewed interest in scaling up local salt production. One […]

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Emergency hotline prank callers could be penalized if this bill becomes a law

Prank callers who think that aiming at emergency hotlines and, in turn, impeding the government’s ability to respond to genuine urgent cases and think that the act will come with impunity will be in a rude awakening when the “Anti-Prank Callers Act” becomes law. Per House Bill 03851 or the “An Act Penalizing Prank Callers […]