DOST sends relief food products Batangas residents affected by Taal volcano eruption
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-CALABARZON turned over S&T products as food relief to evacuees in the towns of Agoncillo and Laurel, Batangas who were affected by the recent phreatomagmatic events in Taal Volcano, April 06.
The food relief package was composed of enhanced nutribun and rice-mongo crunchies produced by DOST-Batangas cooperators. Enhanced nutribuns were sourced out from Sweetie Pies Pasalubong Center, adoptor of enhanced nutribun and cooperator under the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program or SETUP. Rice-mongo crunchies, on the other hand, were procured from Samahan ng mga Inang Gabay at Lakas ng Aktibong Komunidad, a Grants-in-Aid community-based project beneficiary of the DOST.
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Research council inducts 3 new, 5 reinstalled board members
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Three new members of the NRCP Governing Board—(L -R) Dr. Lawrence P. Dacuycuy, NRCP Division VIII (Social Sciences) chair, Dr. Michael Angelo B. Promentilla, NRCP Division VII (Engineering and Industrial Research) chair, and Dr. Gisela P. Concepcion, Member-at-Large—recite their oath (‘Panunumpa’) administered by DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña witnessed by the NRCP GB members and staff on 29 March 2022 at the Meeting Room 3, Philippine International Convention Center, during the Organizational Meeting of the NRCP Governing Board.
The National Research Council of the Philippines of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-NRCP) inducted three new and five reelected members of its Governing Board (GB) on 29 March 2022 at the Meeting Room 3, Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Pasay City.
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DOST Region I conducts training on tilapia farming in 3 municipalities of Ilocos Sur
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The Department of Science and Technology Region I (DOST-I), through its Provincial Science and Technology Center – Ilocos Sur (PSTSC-IS), conducted series of trainings on Good Aquaculture Practices and Training on Fish Health Management on Tilapia Production at Caoayan and Cabugao, Ilocos Sur on 9-10 March 2022.
Forty-five (45) participants joined the training from the two sites with seventeen (17) coming from Caoayan and Sta Catalina and twenty-eight (28) participants from Cabugao.
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DOST-FPRDI designs safe and effective machine for abaca farmers
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Great news to the Philippine abaca industry! A locally developed abaca fiber-extracting machine made safe and effective by the DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute.
The Department of Science and Technology – Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has finally come up with a solution to one of our abaca farmers’ biggest concerns: a fiber-extracting machine that is both safe and effective.
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