Education, Health & Science
Converge, CDC renew partnership for digital equity in Aeta classrooms
Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has renewed its collaboration with the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) under the Pagsasarili initiative, expanding digital learning resources for Aeta communities in Pampanga and Tarlac.
Tiny sensors could help farmers spot crop stress before damage
Plants cannot complain when the heat gets unbearable or water becomes scarce. But they do send out distress signals, and scientists have developed a tiny sensor that could help farmers detect them before crops show visible signs of damage.
Globe Business powers PH’s first 1,400‑km bi‑directional telesurgery
Most advanced surgical care in the Philippines stays concentrated in major cities, leaving patients in Mindanao and other far‑flung regions forced to travel long distances, pay steep costs, and leave their families. In time‑sensitive cases, distance alone can worsen patient outcomes.
AC Health expands Valenzuela partnership to early childhood care
AC Health is extending its healthcare partnership with Valenzuela City beyond hospitals and dialysis services to address a critical but often overlooked part of public health: identifying developmental difficulties in children early enough to make a difference.
St. Luke’s fights pneumonia for World Pneumonia Day
St. Luke’s Medical Center marked World Pneumonia Day with a two‑day hybrid respiratory‑care campaign, sounding the alarm on pneumonia: the Philippines’ leading communicable‑disease killer and one of the world’s top five causes of death.
