MANILA, Philippines — On the eve of International Women’s Day,
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo launched two projects that would help women tap science and technology and give them more opportunities for microfinance.
The President also said that the government would work to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by increasing access of pregnant women to health services and promotion [...]

A tiny mouse, with bright orange fur and whiskers eight times as long as its head is wide, has been scurrying through the lowland forests of Mount Banashaw in the Philippines unknown to science. Until now. A team of American and Filipino biologists discovered the mouse, which they believe is a new species or even [...]

VIRAC, Catanduanes–The capital town of the storm-tossed island-province of Catanduanes is home to a young inventor who holds the patent for a cost-saving construction material that is now being used by local contractors and home builders.
Boxes of the prefabricated galvanized iron tie wire invented by 22-year-old Dexter Teope are being sold in hardware stores at [...]

FORT DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITY — Jeanette Belarmino-Sardenta, Carina Dayondon and Noelle Wenceslao may have won their spurs as the first Filipino women to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, the world’s tallest peak, but their expedition leader said what the three women accomplished was even more valuable to medical science.
Art Valdez said international doctors [...]