DAVAO CITY—Tests of genetically modified organisms (GMO) would be allowed in the city only on condition these are done in a “strictly confined environment.” This was the message of city officials on ...

IN a landmark step for biosafety regulatory processes in the Philippines, the government approved Golden Rice for commercial planting, and the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) eggplant for direct use as ...

The Filipino scientific community received a rare boost on Tuesday with the reversal by the Supreme Court of its ban on Bt “talong” after an appeal by researchers at the University of the Philippines ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has reversed itself in the case involving the government’s field trials of bacillus thuringiensis (bt) eggplants, a genetically modified variety that ...

MANILA, Philippines — The importation of regulated genetically modified organisms (GMO) except for Bt talong and golden rice would continue as they are not covered by the recent decision of the Court ...

Fruit-and-shoot-borer infested non-Bt eggplant (left) and FSB-resistant Bt eggplant. Filipino farmers can finally plant the borer-resistant Bt ‘talong’ (eggplant) after the Philippine government ...

It’s Farmers’ Week, and it’s the appropriate occasion to call attention to the dangers posed by genetically engineered crops in the Philippines. Genetic engineering (GE) is a very new technology, its ...

'These cases, which stemmed from respondents' petition for Writ of Kalikasan, were mooted by the expiration of the Biosafety Permits... and the termination of Bt talong field trials subject of the ...

One dish we regularly cook at home is stuffed eggplant. Tortang talong, as we call it in Tagalog, has the singular merit of being both a vegetable and meat dish, thus containing most of the nutrients ...

Farmer Ernesto Papio had all the reasons to join this town’s ‘Talong’ (Eggplant) Festival parade this year. Harvest has been good, he said, and the price of eggplant, Villasis town’s leading ...

Filipino Eggplant omelette (tortang talong) Eggplant is abundant in the Philippines and can be found in a number of other Filipino dishes. For this reason, it’s the most common variation of the torta ...