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While waiting for the so-called “flattening the curve”in terms of the spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the deadly COVID-19, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) continues to deploy more RxBoxes in different hospitals across the country.

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As the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) has been extended in most parts of the region, the social and economic structures of the country cannot absorb months-long quarantine; otherwise, there will be serious problems on poverty, famine, law and order, among others. True to its mission to fight hunger and poverty by providing proper nutrition for the poor, the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) Foundation spearheaded the donation of food packs for hundreds of households and Mingo meals for the poor children in some areas in Negros Occidental.

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by Apple Jean C. Martin- de Leon, DOST-FPRDI

After decades of depending on imported fibers, the Philippines may soon be able to make its own paper money using locally available plant materials. This, as researchers at the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) recently developed quality currency base paper (cbp) from combining the fibers of abaca (Musa textilis), salago (Wikstroemia spp.) and mangium (Acacia mangium).

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Responding to the need for more personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the DOST- Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) produced bamboo-framed face shields for distribution to frontline services in Laguna.