Education, Health & Science

Nonwoven textiles made from agricultural waste are emerging as a promising growth area for the Philippine manufacturing sector as the Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) ramps up efforts to commercialize the sustainable material across multiple industries.

Brokenshire Medical Center (BMC) has officially opened the BMC Heart Institute, a complete cardiovascular care facility that marks a major step in AppleOne Medical Group’s (AMG) efforts to improve healthcare across the Visayas and Mindanao (VisMin) regions.

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), together with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has officially started construction of the Philippines’ National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC), aimed at boosting the country’s defense against online threats.

Sumsub, a global identity verification provider, has released its 2026 iGaming Fraud Report, drawing on data from more than 3 million verification attempts collected over 2024 to early 2026.

Fortinet, a global leader in cybersecurity, has announced it is accelerating its FortiAIGate solution using NVIDIA’s AI platforms and software. The partnership creates a combined security system designed to protect AI workloads, data, and autonomous agents in real time across data centers and cloud environments. It lets organizations safely build, run, and scale AI tools while keeping performance high and meeting governance rules.