Inquirer (Philippines)
Promising way to reduce spread of mosquito-borne dengue without gene drives or genetic modification
In 2009, the World Mosquito Program, or WMP’s research team discovered that a bacteria called Wolbachia could prevent the transmission ...
Philippine government anti-poverty agency claims Golden Rice ‘poses health risks’ and ‘threatens peasants’
The genetically-modified organism (GMO) known as “golden rice” will not significantly address hunger or Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in the ...
Philippine anti-GMO groups step up attacks on Golden Rice as governments around the world affirm its safety
A regional coalition of farmers, consumers, and environment activists [in the Philippines] has called on the government to reject “foreign ...
Philippine’s ban on GMO eggplant a defeat for science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. THE DECISION by the ...
Crop biotech has cut global pesticide use by 9%–474 million kilograms
Crop biotechnology has significantly reduced the amount of chemical pesticide spraying worldwide by 474 million kilograms, or 9 percent, over ...
Filipino organic farmers, traders protest field trials of GM crops
A group of organic movers, farmers and traders on Sunday staged a protest against the field trials of genetically modified ...
Philippines: GMO research has support
One of the country’s leading scientist-educators recently lauded the strong support given by the academic and science communities to researches on agricultural ...
Testing of GMO rice back on track in the Philippines, scientists say
The Philippine government’s golden rice research project has not been delayed, despite last month’s destruction of a test area in ...
Philippines: Department of Agriculture to sue ‘paid residents’ who destroyed Golden Rice
Six people have been identified in the vandalism of a Golden Rice field trial; authorities believe none of the vandals ...
Philippines: Organic advocates seeking ban on Golden Rice
The following is an edited excerpt. Euphoric over the ruling against the field testing of genetically modified Bt eggplants, organic ...
Philippines: Court stops field testing of GM eggplant
The following is an edited excerpt. The Court of Appeals has stopped the nationwide field testing of genetically modified eggplants ...
Philippines: Anti-GM activists raise alarm on testing of GMO rice
A field testing of genetically modified “Golden Rice” in two Camarines Sur towns has stirred debate between organic farmers and ...
Philippines to be headquarters of stem cell therapy and research hub of Asia
The much-anticipated opening of the Asian Regenerative Center for Cellular Therapies (ARCCT) will soon be taking stem cell therapy treatment ...
