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Department of Science and Technology Sec. Mario Montejo announced recently science and technology (S&T) ambassadors who will champion S&T programs in Davao Region.

The initial batch of science ambassadors include Senator Paulo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV, chair of the Senate Committee on Youth; Representative Mario U. Piamonte, senior vice chair of the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives; Maria Belen Sunga-Acosta and Marissa S. Abella, Davao City councilors; Joey Ayala and Ronulfo “Popong” Landero, both Davao-based singers-songwriters.

Sen. Aquino, the youngest senator of the 16th Congress, is a member of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology. He authored the S.B. 1091: Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom which includes provisions on security and privacy of data and information, establishment of an executive department for information and communications technology, and penalties for cybercrimes and other prohibited acts, among others.

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STATE-OF-THE-ART GENE SEQUENCING FACILITY | A researcher at the Philippine Genome Center shows a micro tube containing DNA material of a sample being analyzed. Inset: A Next Generation Sequencing machine revolutionized genetic research because of its rapid and more data sequence results. The machine is among the many equipment acquired through DOST’s P100M grant for the establishment of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC), a multidisciplinary institution that conducts genomic researches for the improvement of crops and animal varieties, health diagnostics, and forensics, among others.  PGC is currently housed at UP Diliman’s National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology but will soon have its own building later this year. The visit to the PGC was held  during the Department of Science’s Agham na Ramdam media tour recently. Agham na Ramdam is a series of media briefings to showcase DOST’s program milestones and updates as part of government’s effort to address some of the country’s pressing problems today. (S&T Media Service)

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Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo highly encourages students from public schools to apply for admission to the Philippine Science High School (DOST-PSHS) campus nearest to their community.

“We are reaching out to our youth who may be less fortunate but can be competitive in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering,” Montejo said. “This is one way of broadening our prospects in building a pool of S&T experts who will someday become the country’s leaders.”

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will hold a forum on disaster preparedness on March 4, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. at the Senate of the Philippines, Pasay City. The forum aims to help senators formulate appropriate policies on disaster preparedness to strengthen the country’s disaster preparedness program.

Billed as “Iba na ang Panahon: Science for Safer Communities” (INAP: S4SC), said forum will gather members of the Philippine Senate and respective committee chairpersons to equip them with the latest information, tools, and technologies that would give them a better understanding of the possible impacts of hazards in different communities around the country. Discussions will focus on geologic hazards, radiation/nuclear safety program, and issues on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.