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Tagum Golden Foods was able to acquire a hydraulic press machine and mixing/filling machine after receiving assistance from DOST under SETUP

In 2012, Tagum Golden Foods was able to acquire a hydraulic press machine (in photo, left) and mixing/filling machine after receiving assistance from Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the form of P 222,400.00 under the Small Enterprise Upgrading Program (SETUP).

Known for producing quality calamansi concentrate and pure calamansi ready-to-drink juice, Tagum Golden Foods reported that it increased its production and profits, and improved its product quality and food safety after the technology intervention. As such, the company’s growth contributed to the socio-economic condition of Tagum City by providing employment to the jobless and steady market to  calamansi growers.

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Scale model of the Electron Beam Facility at the DOST-PNRI

The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute - Department of Science and Technology (PNRI - DOST) strengthened its capability in monitoring and irradiation through the latest additions in its stable of nuclear facilities. Particularly, PNRI inaugurated its Electron Beam Facility and received the Environmental Radiation Monitor during the opening of the Atomic Energy celebration this week at the PNRI Compound in Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City.

Warming up the event, DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo opened the celebration with the weather update on Typhoon Hagupit. "When we speak about the weather, let's believe in PAG-ASA, when it's about nuclear, let's believe in PNRI. Let's believe in ourselves," he cheered the audience composed of institutional partners, stakeholders, media, students, DOST-PNRI personnel, as well as foreign dignitaries from Argentina, Russia, France, USA and Japan.

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The Philippine Science Heritage Center (PSHC), the country’s resource center highlighting the significant contributions of Filipinos in the world of science, will start becoming interactive in 2015 as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), through its advisory body, the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), launched the Salinlahi Evolution: Game Development Competition last December 5, 2014 at PSHC in Bicutan, Taguig City.

The competition, open to college students with the skills and talent for creating digital learning games anchored on science and technology (S&T), features group and individual categories. The computer games should run on Windows while mobile games should run on Android devices. They should be in English and may be played even without internet connectivity.

The winning digital games will be featured at the PSHC, which is under the management of DOST-NAST. The plan is to have it exclusively distributed in the center for six months.

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TAGUIG City -- Typhoon Ruby (international code name Hagupit) has weakened according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and has been  has been downgraded to a tropical storm.

On its 11 a.m. advisory on Monday, December 8, PAGASA noted that Typhoon Ruby has weakened and is now packing maximum sustained winds of 105 kilometers per hour (kph) with a gustiness of up to 135 kph. With its present track, it is forecast to move west northwest at a slow pace of 10 kph. Because TY Ruby weakened, it is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) by Thursday instead of the initial forecast of Wednesday.

Metro Manila expects to experience strong winds and heavy rains from Typhoon Ruby when the tropical cyclone passes close to the metropolis between 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, December 8.

DOST-PAGASA has raised public storm warning Signal No. 2 over Metro Manila, while Signal No. 3 warning was raised in several provinces south of the nation's capital.