Empowering communities to fight COVID-19 and malnutrition in Davao del Sur with DOST’s CEST program
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Feeding program through CEST.
To combat COVID-19 and reduce the prevalence of malnutrition, especially in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAS), the Department of Science and Technology Region XI through the Provincial Science and Technology Center in Davao del Sur (PSTC - DS) and in partnership with the Cor Jesu College - Br. Polycarp iComDev Foundation Inc (CJC - BPICDFI), successfully deployed two (2) units of foot - operated handwashing kiosks, two (2) units foot baths, one (1) unit blood pressure monitoring device, and supplementary feeding supplies to Barangay Saliducon, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. The turnover of healthcare devices held last month is as part of the implementation of the Community Empowerment thru Science and Technology (CEST) Program.
Youth Speaks! Rizal is an inspiration to our generation
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Inspirations from Rizal: The Youth Speaks of the Philippines 100 Year hence is the 5th and the last installment of the Rizal Webinar Series.
“The Youth is the hope of our future.”
A timeless quotation from our National hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, that even to our generation today, this still has an impact and relevance. The National Research Council of the Philippines of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-NRCP) brought the last of their Rizal webinar series, where they gathered a viral sensation and Tiktok influencer, a fashion and photography editor and a descendant of our national hero, and a well-known spoken word poet-artist into a Ted-talk stirred webinar titled “Inspirations from Rizal: The Youth Speaks on the Philippines 100 years hence”.
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Science centrum opens in Palo, Leyte, a big step to make the town a science center
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PALO, LEYTE - An interactive science museum based here was formally opened with the hope of paving the way for the town to be known as a ‘science municipality’.
The facility, located on the second floor of the Leyte Academic Center (LAC), is a joint project of the provincial government and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
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CONSUMMATUM EST! TikTok’s Mighty Magulang, Rizal’s descendant, spoken poetry artist, & youth scholars on Rizal webinar finale
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With four (4) webinars discussing Rizal as a Filipino Scientist and an advocate of community rights and welfare done, the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) proudly brings the Finale of the Rizal Webinar Series titled, Inspirations from Rizal: The Youth Speaks of the Philippines 100 Years Hence held last 29 March 2022.
To make it exciting, the NRCP invited the viral sensation and 'History Geek Tita' who garnered 3.2M likes & 392k followers on TikTok—Ms. Mona Magno-Veluz, or popularly known as Mighty Magulang. She provided interesting facts about Rizal that most of us would not know.