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S&T Post, the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute’s (DOST-STII) quarterly publication, is now an e-Magazine downloadable in iPhones and iPods via Apple Newsstand.

This breakthrough development for the country’s premier science department was revealed during the S&T Post e-Magazine launching last July 26, 2014 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The launch, dubbed “Looking Back and Moving Forward,” was part of the activities lined up by DOST for its National Science and Technology Week held from July 24-28, 2014.

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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA, one of the agencies under the Department of Science and Technology, is one of the top 5 best performing government agencies and offices in the country, according to a survey by the Makati Business Club (MBC).

This was announced in a press statement issued by the MBC last August 11, 2014.

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Four Filipino science experts were officially named National Scientist by President Benigno Aquino III in ceremonies held at Malacañang Palace last August 12, 2014.

They are Academicians Gavino C. Trono Jr. (marine botany), Angel C. Alcala (biological sciences), Roman C. Barba (horticulture), and Edgardo D. Gomez (marine biology).

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Nicolas Dy Liacco Ojeda, Jr. (right) takes his oath as deputy executive director of the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICT Office) before Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario G. Montejo. A retired Brigadier General, Ojeda formerly headed the Office of Strategic and Special Studies, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Defense Reform Program and Admin Service of the Department of National Defense. The ICT Office is an agency under the DOST system and is the Philippine government’s lead agency on ICT related matters. Its thrusts are focused on ICT industry development, policy development, internet for all, and cyber security. (S&T Media Service).