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he Department of Science and Technology’s scientific advisory body, the National Research Council of the Philippines, will confer achievement award to nineop Filipino researchers in its 79th General Membership Assembly to be held at the Hotel Sofitel Philippine Plaza on March 7, 2012.

The nine awardees include Dr. Vicentita Macuja-Cervera, Dr. Macrina Tamayo-Zafaralla, Dr. Ernesto M. Pernia, Dr. Roland V. Sarmago, Dr. Alicia M. Aguinaldo, Dr. Erlinda Kintanar-Alburo, Dr. Edanjarlo J. Marquez, Dr. Remigio M. Olveda, and Dr. Joseph S. Masangkay.

DOST-NRCP recognized Dr. Macuja-Cervera for her significant research contributions in psychology, guidance and counseling, and other fields. A prolific author and editor of books and several official journals of professional organizations, Dr. Cervera also developed psychological tests that are widely used in the country today. She is a member of the Philippine Team of the 2006 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM).

 

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In celebration of its silver anniversary, the Department of Science and Technology’s Science and Technology Information Institute will launch the first Philippine science and technology search engine. Dubbed science.ph, the STII-developed search engine will formally go live on February 24, 2012 at the Arts in the City located at Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila.

science.ph is both a search engine and a comprehensive website that contains Philippine S&T information and databases. The site is geared to provide access to a great variety of science-related news, articles, blogs, photos, and videos, as well as to deliver accurate S&T information for Filipinos. This explains its tagline “Science for every Juan.”

“The science.ph project is a testament to DOST’s commitment in promoting science and technology awareness in the Philippines,” DOST-STII Director Raymund Liboro said. “It is the product of STII’s hard work for many years of compiling specialized information and developing systems to store and update these data, and making them accessible to users.”

“science.ph was developed for the use of researchers, teachers, students, communicators, or any individual who wants to know more about the latest breakthroughs and developments in the Philippine science scene,” added Aristotle Carandang, leader of the Changing the Mindset program that includes the development of science.ph.

According to Alfon Narquita, science.ph assistant project leader and head of STII’s IT unit that developed the site, science.ph works by collecting information from different sources like government institutions, academe, NGOs, and private sectors. When it comes to news content, science.ph uses RSS, short for Really Simple Syndication, to automatically feed content from DOST websites to science.ph. News from other sites are obtained through crawling or automatic gathering of information from the Web.

Narquita also emphasized that what makes science.ph distinct from popular search engines today is that it sources information through “hidden web.“ Unlike other search engines that skim through the Web, science.ph uses a deep search system that looks into databases. The “hidden web” contains databases not normally indexed by search engines, unless they have partnership with the content provider.

 

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Science and technology information to improve people’s lives: This is the vision of the Department of Science and Technology’s Science and Technology Information Institute (STII) on the occasion of its 25th year of service to the nation this year.

“We want to bring greater attention to DOST’s role as provider of solutions to pressing problems in the country today,” STII Director Raymund Liboro said. “And the way to do this is for STII to step up our mandated duty as the bearer of good news from the Department.”

“Good news” pertains to positive, helpful S&T information that people can use to improve their quality of life, Liboro explained. “This means having the knowledge to uplift their present economic state and keeping themselves, their properties, and the environment safer through valuable and relevant S&T info.”

For 2012, STII is poised to lead the delivery of S&T information that address economic development as well as disaster preparedness and management, two key concerns of the Aquino government.

For the past 25 years, STII has relentlessly made S&T information more accessible and usable to Filipinos by creating information systems that reach out to more users via the Internet and other communications media. It has also repackaged hard science concepts, researches, and technologies into materials that are easy for common people to understand.

STII took on a more aggressive role in promoting S&T information for the past couple of years by actively assisting DOST agencies and offices in launching high-impact technology solutions such as the automated gateway transit system, nano-based clay water filter system, fortified food mixes, automated weather systems, and water hyacinth thresher, among others.

It also helped organize and promote DOST-wide major events such as the National Science and Technology Week and Regional Invention Contest and Exhibits.

STII will mark its 25TH anniversary on February 24, 2012 at the Arts in the City in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The event will have the theme Inform to transform as STII’s way of celebrating its broadened role in S&T information delivery.

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The Technology Resource Center of the Department of Science and Technology will soon give a wider range of support to countryside entrepreneurs with the establishment of its Community Technology Business Incubation program this year. TRC Director Dennis Cunanan said that the program, an offshoot of DOST’s Open Technology Business Incubation (Open TBI), will be implemented in partnership with the DOST regional offices.

A technology business incubator, or TBI, is a program that helps entrepreneurial companies and start-up businesses to take off and develop through the TBI’s array of business support resources and services. Some of TBI services include business space for rent, marketing assistance, accounting/financial management assistance, links to partners, help with regulatory compliance, and others.

In addition to helping entrepreneurs start up their businesses, the DOST-TRC also helps overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to start over through its free livelihood trainings to displaced OFWs. DOST, in partnership with Duty Free Philippines, likewise offers livelihood packages such as washing machines for Laundromat business or car tools for automobile service business through DOST’s Kabuhayan Shopping Program.
To celebrate its 35th anniversary this Feb. 23, DOST-TRC vows to continue its legacy of providing opportunities for the people.