The Land Bank of the Philippines said it will be working with the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) for the integration of space data and analytics to its financing strategies for the agriculture sector.
The country will observe the first Philippine Space Week on August 8 to 14 as a way of promoting space awareness and highlight the contribution of Filipinos worldwide in the field of space science, and espouse the value and impact of space science and technology applications (SSTA) on the lives of Filipinos.
Visiting European Commission (EC) president Ursula von der Leyen on Monday, July 31, said the European Union (EU) is looking at extending its underwater fiber-optic cable project to the Philippines.
The arrangement will serve as a basis for the implementation of a Copernicus capacity-building program for the Philippines, funded by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA).
TALA, the first high-powered hybrid rocket developed in the Philippines, successfully lifted off at 11:57 AM Saturday, May 20, from the Crow Valley Gunnery Range in Capas, Tarlac.
The deployment uses Starlink LEO satellites for Internet connectivity with a focus on public education and local governance, where students, teachers and the local government office will have free Internet connectivity for six months.
Under the project, PhilSA and DENR will collaborate on the National Greening Program (NGP) Progress Monitoring and the National Resource Accounting Program (NRAP).
