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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through its Region 12 office will hold for the third time the National Halal Forum in Manila as part of the government’s efforts to develop the halal economy in the country and crack into the multi-billion global halal market.

Dr. Zenaida P. Hadji-Raof Laidan, DOST-12 Regional Director, said that the Philippines, though a non-Muslim country, has the strategic potentials and the availability of raw materials and manpower to break into the lucrative global halal industry.

 

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through Project NOAH briefed Baguio folks on Project NOAH’s landslide mapping project via an information, education and communication (IEC) seminar for the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) recently at the Crown Legacy Hotel in Baguio City.Project NOAH’s IEC intends to raise people’s awareness on the impending hazards brought about by natural calamities like floods and landslides.

“Since the Cordillera region is mostly composed of mountains, there is a need to study the area in detail and collect data that can be analyzed to create landslide maps,” said Aika Alemania, Senior SRS for ProjectNOAH’sLandslide Mapping component.

 

Houses and buildings in Metro Manila including churches, need inspection  to ensure that they comply with the standard Building Code, told Dr. Renato U. Solidum, director of the Department of Science and Technology’s  Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS).

Solidum’s warning came in the face of mounting concerns about Metro Manila’s readiness should an earthquake with a magnitude similar to the 7.2 temblor  which shook Central  Visayas  last week hit the crowded metropolis.