DOST Albay helps boost dairy production in the province
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Albay now has been operating its own Multi-purpose Dairy Plant Building located at Cabangan Camalig. The Albay Dairy Plant (ADP) was granted license to operate by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a manufacturer of milk products prioritizing food safety and customer satisfaction through the production of high-quality products.
The Department of Science and Technology Regional Office V (DOST-V) gave the Provincial Government of Albay (PGA) a financial assistance in the amount of 12 million pesos for the equipment, accessories and product testing of the plant. Infrastructure was PGA’s share.
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DOST-SEI, BPI Foundation ink partnership for ‘new’ Innovation Awards
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The BPI-DOST Science Awards is no more.
And in comes a “new and revitalized” BPI-DOST Innovation Awards.
This, as the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) and the BPI Foundation, Inc. (BPIF), the social development arm of the Bank of the Philippine Islands, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the BPI-DOST Innovation Awards, a competition that aims to challenge bright Filipino students to actively participate in resolving problems in the community through science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
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DOST lauds 1st PH Sci-Math Battle winners during the 2021 Science Week celebration
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(Photo credits: Screen grabbed from Facebook Live) In celebration of the National Science and Technology Week (NSTW), with this year’s theme, “Agham at Teknolohiya: Tugon sa Hamon ng Panahon”, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Science High School System presented the first ever NSTW Sci-Math Battle winners. (Top left) Atriel Anika Carreon from San Fernando Elementary School, Central Luzon, National Champion of the First Sci-Math Battle 2021; Second Place, Lindsey Mie Mamauag of La Salle University Integrated School in Central Mindanao; and Third Place, Abisha Beatrix Florante from Project 6 Elementary School Division of Quezon City in the National Capital Region.
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Innovation is not just technologies, says national academician
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“It is an innovation of systems, not just technologies,” Academician Willam G. Padolina, said during the turnover ceremonies of the Pagtanaw 2050 at the 2021 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) celebration, when asked how the science, technology and innovation (STI) strategic plan can be operationalized.
Padolina explained that innovation has to be understood in the context wherein it is composed of systems and not merely technologies – that there’s a need to change the systems. There’s a need to innovate in governance, and businesses has to innovate its processes and manage its risk, and that everyone will have to do their part.
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