House Speaker Romualdez meets DOST officials for priority programs
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To lay down priority programs and policies of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and seek support from policy champions, DOST officials led by Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. paid a courtesy visit to House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Representative Martin G. Romualdez on 22 February 2023 at the House of Representatives, Quezon City.
Secretary Solidum emphasized the need to enhance the capacity and capability of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) to better provide services critical to disaster planning, preparation, and mitigation, among others.
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DOST Ilocos Region kicks off community empowerment program in Aringay, La Union
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ARINGAY, LA UNION – The backbone of the economy rests on the communities when they become productive, secured and enabled. Realizing the need to make our communities, down to the barangay units, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), for the past years, has pushed the Community Empowerment through Science and Technology (CEST program in the regions to make the citizenry self-reliant, capable of contributing to the development of their communities.
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DOST and Griffith University Ink Agreement to Implement PhD Scholarship Program
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Griffith University, Australia signed an agreement to implement a joint PhD scholarship program on 21 February 2023 at the DOST-Advanced Manufacturing Center in Taguig City, Philippines. The scholarship program aims to support up to 17 Filipino researchers who wish to pursue their doctoral degrees in Griffith University under the identified priority areas, namely, soil ecology and water management, ecology and other related fields.
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Cebu students take on science news writing, social media content creation
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By Allan Mauro V. Marfal, DOST-STII
College students from Cebu, who are taking up Biology course, learned the rudiments of popular science writing and tips on creating compelling content about science using social media in a webinar organized by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII).
The learning sessions were conducted in partnership with the Cebu Association of Biology Students Inc. (CABSI) that was held on February 22-23 via Zoom.
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