Reproductive health education, vital to preventing teenage pregnancy during the pandemic
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“Teenage pregnancy is unplanned, but not necessarily unwanted, and unplanned pregnancy means no regrets.”
These are some of the findings presented by Dr. Gloria Luz M. Nelson, Professor of Sociology, University of the Philippines Los Baños, from the study of 18 teenagers from nine provinces in seven regions in the Philippines who are pregnant, mothers, or are both pregnant and are mothers at the same time, during the COVID 19 pandemic crisis.
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3 Pinoy space engineers make history with Maya-2 cubesat launch
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The date 21 February 2021 (1:36 AM Philippine Standard Time) is now forever etched in the history of space science in the Philippines with the launch of the country’s second cube satellite, called Maya-2 CubeSat, that was developed by three Filipino student engineers.
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Lake Lanao, one of the world’s 17 ancient lakes, remains pristine, study says
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“Our Lake Lanao from all sampling sites is still pristine; our water is still clean.”
This was disclosed by Fema M. Abamo, Ph.D., a professor of Mindanao State University in Marawi City, during her webinar presentation for the regional basic research caravan for Bicol, as conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP).
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Antimicrobial soap maker benefits from DOST-FPRDI tech business incubation program
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A Laguna-based agro-forest farm will soon learn the process of making antimicrobial soaps and hand mists developed by the Forest Products Research and Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-FPRDI) through the latter’s technology business incubation (TBI) program.
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