DOST-NRCP identifies best practices, offers policy recommendations for PH ecotourism sites
16 breathtaking and marvelous ecotourism sites in the Philippines (Photos sources: Philippine Eagle Foundation, Pinoy Mountaineer, TravelAdvisor, Out of Town Blog, Esquire, Ilagan Sanctuary FB Page, Dahilayan Adventure Park FB page, Wikipedia, Tripzilla Philippines, Vivomigsgee, Flickr, Journey Era, Inside Filipino Eden, and Ads the Great)
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Gov’t COVID policies should give more focus on people’s well-being– NRCP study
The study of UP Manila Associate Professor Laufred I. Hernandez (inset), member of the NRCP Division of Social Sciences, presented during an NRCP Webinar via Zoom.
A recent policy study by the DOST-National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) that assessed government orders and issuances to combat the COVID-19 pandemic found that the country’s policy response has been focusing more on reducing the viral spread but fell short of addressing the pandemic’s negative impacts on the overall well-being of the Filipino people.
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NRCP Study says Government Policies should be based on Science
The 3rd of a series of KTOP-COVID webinars by DOST-NRCP featured the results of the study on Content Analysis of Government Policies and Issuances Regarding the 2020 Pandemic by Associate Professor Laufred I. Hernandez, Department of Behavioral Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila and NRCP Member, Social Sciences (Division VIII) last July 21, 2020.
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Working or studying at home - most difficult experience during quarantine
Contrary to popular assumption that working and studying from home might bring relief, an online survey during the pandemic shows otherwise.
In an online survey of 288 Filipinos conducted between April and May this year, while the country is on an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), many respondents expressed that the top two things wherein they experienced most difficulties with are: working or studying at home and their income being greatly affected by missing work days.
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