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With an upcoming assistance from the Department of Science and Technology-Technology Application and Promotion Institute via the Department’s Venture Financing Program, entrepreneur Pawel P. Rafael, owner and manager of Millennium Toolings and Fabrication Services (MTFS), hopes to make a crack in his field of business.

Rafael’s hope is hinged on his recent signing of a memorandum of agreement with DOST-TAPI and DOST-CALABARZON early this month for the implementation of the Venture Financing Program that will provide his firm a financial assistance worth PhP 1,850,000 for the acquisition of a laser marking equipment.

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Librarians and personnel learn to operate STARBOOKS at the SLSU, Sogod, Southern Leyte through a brief training course handled by DOST-STII staff

Yolanda may have ravaged Region 8 in 2013, and Ruby destroyed in 2014 what was rebuilt from the spoils, but the local’s thirst for knowledge can not be crushed.

The biggest proof of this is the additional five units of STARBOOKS or Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station turned over at  Southern Leyte State University (SLSU) in Sogod, Southern Leyte to be deployed in Bontoc, San Juan, Hinunangan, and Tomas Oppus, all in Southern Leyte.

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Searching for “Ruby”. Southern Leyte State University Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Lorelie P. Duarte searches for some information about Typhoon Ruby at the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station (STARBOOKS) during its formal turn over led by the Department of Science and Technology’s Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) at its Sogod, Southern Leyte campus. STARBOOKS is an S&T-based offline digital library that can be conveniently installed in barangays. A library-in-a-box, STARBOOKS contains about 11,000 full text literatures and livelihood videos to help not only students but also people who are searching for livelihood opportunities. Also in photo are Lloyd Mandapat of DOST-STII (right) and Dr. Dominador A. Clavejo, Provincial Science and Technology Director, DOST Region 8. (Photo by Joy M. Lazcano, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII)

 

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Manufacturer of dressings, condiments, sauces, and pickles has availed SETUP assistance twice
Manufacturer of dressings, condiments, sauces, and pickles has availed SETUP assistance twice Hon. Angelica Jones B. Alarva, former actress and board member of Laguna’s third district, during a recent store visit with DOST regional office representatives

DOST SETUP FOR THE SECOND TIME. Guaranfood Manufacturing Corporation in San Pablo City, Laguna, is one of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) SETUP re-availers.  SETUP (Small Enterprise Technology Upgrade Program) assists small enterprises  via equipment upgrade, training,  and loan assistance, among others.  Manufacturer of dressings, condiments, sauces, and pickles (above), the company has availed SETUP assistance twice: first, for the improvement of its packaging facility and second, for the improvement and upgrading of its equipment. Among the equipment acquired under SETUP were a stainless steam jacketed kettle, form-fill seal sachet packaging machine, and product printer. These have increased Guaranfood’s production capacity for sauce production, improved production process and  product quality, and minimized bottleneck and machine downtimes.  Photo above shows Hon. Angelica Jones B. Alarva, former actress and board member of Laguna’s third district, during a recent store visit with DOST regional office representatives. (S&T Media Service)