DOST’s Free Wi-Fi project to boost number of income earners from online jobs
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By the end of 2015, an estimated 1.5 million Filipinos had found work online through the Internet, earning dollars without leaving the country.
Among the jobs Filipinos excel in are writing, graphic and web design, desktop publishing, audio and video editing, software development and virtual assistants.
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DOST’s Science Nation Tour features technology-enhanced enterprises
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The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST)Science Nation Tour (SNT) in Western Visayas, dubbed “AngSci-Ya, Sci-Yasa West V”, is a three-day event from February 22-24, 2016 that features different activities to make people :feel” science and technology in their lives.
One featured activity is the Tek-TiendaMicro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Product Fair formally opened by no less than DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo, a staunch supporter of Filipino entrepreneurs. The enterprises received assistance from the DOST through DOST Region VI headed by Engr. Rowen R. Gelonga. This event is being held at the SM City Iloilo activity center and is open to the public for free while parallel activities are held at the Diversion 21 Hotel, Eon Centennial Hotel for the Health Research Forum, Iloilo Esplanade and Philippine Science High School Western Visayas in Jaro, Iloilo City.
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Doppler Radar in Iloilo
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DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo (4th from left) unveils the marker on the new PAGASA Iloilo Weather Station where the Doppler Radar is installed. Doppler radar isa sophisticated weather equipment that would gather data on amount of rainfall in specific areas in a certain period of time and detect rain clouds important in cloud seeding. Assisting Secretary Montejo is Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. (right) who lauded the project as very valuable in providing weather information to the people in times of calamities. (Photo and Text by Rodolfo P. de Guzman/S&T Media Service)
Non-compliance to mass drug administration is reason for elephantiasis prevalence, DOST study shows
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Non-compliance to mass drug administration was a serious obstacle in eliminating lymphatic filariasis, more commonly known as elephantiasis, according to a study funded by the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD). This non-compliance is also serves as a reservoir for the parasite and permits recurrence of infection, added Professor Serafin O. Malecosio, Jr. of the University of the Philippines Visayas and DOST-PCHRD research grantee.
Professor Malecosio presented his study entitled “Compliance Rate and Predictors of Non-Compliance to Mass Drug Administration (MDA) for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Iloilo Province” during the Health Research Utilization Forum held on February 22, 2016 at the Eon Centennial Hotel in Iloilo City as [art of DOST’s Science Nation Tour.