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For 54 years now, DOST’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) - thru its wood identification service – has been helping both local and foreign archaeologists in establishing the identity of wood specimens recovered from their study sites.

Explains wood anatomist Dr. Ramiro P. Escobin, “Our clients are mostly researchers from the National Museum and the University of the Philippines Archaeological Studies Program who bring to us for identification either charred, desiccated, or waterlogged wooden artifacts.”

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For his continued commitment to improve weather forecasting capability in the country and to instill the value of disaster risk reduction and management, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario G. Montejo was conferred the Wind Vane Awards by the DOST-Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) recently at the PAGASA Main Office Building.

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario Montejo declared Cauayan in Isabela, Cagayan Valley as the first Smarter City in the region and the first among  144 cities in the country. Sec. Montejo made the pronouncement  during the recent Region 2 leg of DOST’s “Science Nation: Agham na Ramdam” nationwide roadshow.

Cauayan City is also the first local government unit in the region to unite all its barangays in implementing  Juan Time – a DOST campaign for the synchronization of all watches, clocks, and time setting devices in the country, including office bundy clocks, to abide with the Philippine standard time. Juan Time likewise aims to promote a culture of punctuality among Filipinos.

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Because of their contributions in protecting the environment via their research projects, Forester Arsenio B. Ella of Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) and Ateneo de Manila University Assistant Professor Dr. Severino G. Salmo III bagged the NAST Environmental Science Award (NESA) organized by National Academy of Science and Technology held last April 22, 2015 at the New World Manila Bay Hotel, Malate, Manila.

Ella has worked with indigenous peoples in Palawan and Sierra Madre in protecting Almaciga trees by introducing a sustainable way of harvesting resin from the trees.