Tag: Laguna
A win for progress: Inside Laguna’s groundbreaking LGBTQIA+ ordinance
To safeguard the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community, Laguna province has passed a landmark ordinance protecting individuals from discrimination on the basis of gender.
Philippines’ Arabica, Liberica win Signature Coffee Awards in South Korea
The Philippines' Laguna Liberica and Benguet Arabica have won medals at the Global Coffee Championship (GCC) Signature Coffee Awards held at the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Gyeonggi, South Korea.
MSME Technovation Hub for bamboo, forest-based products opens in Laguna
A Technovation Hub to help develop bamboo and forest-based products by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) has been opened by the Department of Science and Technology - Forest Product Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) in Los Baños, Laguna.
Laguna agri-advocates set up Community Plant-ry to help feed people
Laguna agriculture advocate group Anahaw Laguna is taking the Maginhawa Community Pantry idea a step further and is setting up a Community Plant-ry to help teach people to eat the plants they themselves grow.
Laguna wins Philippines’ 1st professional chess championship tourney
Laguna Heroes has won the Philippines' first professional chess championship tournament organized by the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP).
UP alumnus Albert Rosana wins Canada’s Killam Memorial Graduate Prize
University of the Philippines Los Baños alumnus Albert Remus Rosana has been awarded the prestigious Dorothy J. Killam Memorial Graduate Prize at the University of Alberta (UA) in Edmonton, Canada.
Philippines’ COVID-19 cases decreasing in Metro Manila, CALABARZON
The Philippines has successfully flattened the trends curve of COVID-19 transmission with decreasing cases seen in Metro Manila and nearby provinces in the CALABARZON region based on the assessment of University of the Philippines (UP) professor and OCTA Research Team's Guido David.
Catriona Gray is new champion of Laguna heritage products
Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray has been declared the new champion of Laguna heritage products after she visited the province over the weekend.
HAPPENING: Cavite-Laguna Expressway Interchanges open this August
The Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) Interchanges are opening to motorists this August 2020 after a final inspection of its interchanges was conducted on Sunday.
LOOK: These Philippine restos are serving pizza with reusable handwoven boxes
Philippine restaurants BrickOven café in Laguna and Aqwa Siargao in Surigao del Norte have gone eco-friendly with reusable, handwoven pizza boxes.
Finding Rare Comet NEOWISE in Philippines’ skies this July
The magnificent rare Comet NEOWISE can be seen in Philippine skies this July and will be seen closest to earth's horizon on Thursday, July 23, 2020.
Philippine-made bamboo-framed face shield PPE to be mass-produced
The bamboo-framed face shield personal protective equipment (PPE) recently developed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - Philippines is set to be mass-produced for Cabuyao town in Laguna.