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The Department of Science and Technology’s Balik Scientist Dr. Edsel Maurice Salvana was nominated for this year’s annual Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) of the World award.

The TOYP award is an international award conferred by the Junior Chamber International (JCI), an international non-profit organization of people aged 18 to 40 who focus on creating positive change in their fields.

On its 30th anniversary, JCI opened an online voting poll where young people around the world can participate in selecting the awardees.

The 37-year old HIV expert landed on the third place in the online poll with a total vote of 2,000. The voting ended up last August 20, 2012.

Dr. Salvana is an expert in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and tropical medicine. He is currently chief fellow of the Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine of the Case Western Reserve University, and University Hospitals of Cleveland in Ohio. He left a productive career in the US last 2008 to return to the country as a DOST Balik Scientist. Having studied the HIV epidemic in Africa and the US, he was disheartened to find out that the disease was also on the rise in the Philippines.

Salvana's advocacy against HIV/AIDS had gained international recognition when he presented educational and action-oriented speeches to the United Nations and US Peace Corps. He had also received many awards, including Outstanding Young Scientist for 2010 by the National Academy of Science and Technology for his work in tropical medicine.

Originally established in 1975, DOST’s Balik Scientist Program aims to support and strengthen the scientific and technological human resources in the Philippines and reverse the effects of migration of experts by encouraging Filipino scientists and technicians to return to the country and share their expertise and promote scientific and economic development. (Allan Ace Aclan)

 

 

Dr. Edsel Salvana with Dr. Suniti Solomon, Director of YRG care who found the first HIV cases in women in India. (Photo lifted from Dr. Salvana’s album)

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Batac City, Ilocos Norte --- Ilocos folks are now in for a weeklong showcase of Ilocandia’s finest in science and technology as the Department of Science and Technology kicked off the regional celebration of the 2012 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) July 30 at the Teatro Ilocandia of the Mariano Marcos State University in this city.

 

“The NSTW highlights the Filipino’s competitiveness, creativity, and ingenuity through DOST’s intervention,” Science Secretary Mario Montejo said in a speech delivered for him by Asst. Sec. Maria Lourdes Orijola.

 

Students and other guests, some even coming from Vigan City and other towns from nearby Ilocos Sur, eagerly viewed the exhibits of DOST agencies and partner institutions, inquiring on matters of their interest.

 

At the opening program, provincial administrator Atty Wendel Chua, speaking in behalf of Gov. Imee Marcos, stressed the importance of science and technology in sustainable development as observed in developed nations such as in European countries and Japan. The holding of the NSTW in Batac is then a very welcome event for Ilocos Norte, he said.

 

“Let us raise the flag of Ilocandia,” Atty. Chua encouraged the crowd composed mostly of locals and DOST personnel from Regions 1, 2, and CAR, the main participants in the event.

 

The technology forum in the afternoon featured the DOST-Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s technologies on lengthening the shelf life of brown rice and the development of complementary foods for babies 6-35 months old. Brown rice normally lasts only for six months before getting rancid because of the breakdown of its fatty acid content. With FNRI’s technology, brown rice can be made more accessible, available, and affordable to more people, thus reducing the demand for the more expensive but less nutritious well-milled white rice.

 

Meanwhile, complementary foods for babies are designed to provide more nutrients, particularly energy and protein, to kids just weaned from breast milk. At this age, kids are prone to malnutrition because of unhealthy food commonly fed to them.

 

 

The 2012 National Science and Technology Week at the Mariano Marcos State University in Batac, La will run July 30-August 3 featuring the latest locally developed technologies and other science and technology developments in the country. The weeklong technology fair formally opens with the ribbon cutting ceremony led by DOST Asst. Secretary for Technology Transfer Ma. Lourdes Orijola (in red, second from right) and MMSU President Miriam Pascua (in blue, third from left). Others in photo are (L-R) DOST Region 2 Director Urduja Tejada, DOST Region 1 Director Elsa Chan, Ilocos Norte Provincial Administrator Wendel Chua, DOST-Technology Application and Promotion Institute Director Edgar Garcia, DOST Mimaropa Director Josepine Abilay, DOST- Phil. Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development Director Rowena Cristina Guevara, and Batac City Councilor Florencio Laud. (Photos by Arjay Escondo, S&T Media Service)

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We at the Department of Science and Technology have taken note of the issues and grievances raised by DOST-PAGASA employees with respect to the availment of Magana Carta benefits as provided under Republic Act 8439.

 

Hence, we are now working toward a proper resolution to this in conjunction with other government institutions.

 

Rest assured that the Department is prioritizing this matter and is standing in full support for the long-term financial security and well-being of its most precious resources – its people.

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J. Emmanuel Pastries, a pili nut processing business which started out on a Php 500 capital and now a multi-million business, is the very first Best National adoptor of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP).

SETUP is one of the priority programs of DOST that aims to boost small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) productivity and competitiveness by assisting them in adopting technological innovations to improve their operations.

When asked about the main ingredients for their success, J. Emmanual Pastries co-owner Maria Lomibao said that these include “small capital, perseverance, faith, and DOST.”

Ms.Lomibao was very grateful of the recognition their company got on top of all the help extended by DOST. “My husband and I are overwhelmed by DOST’s generosity,” she said, as she accepted the plaque of recognition.

J. Emmanuel Pastries availed of SETUP in 2003 to acquire additional equipment for the company. One of the company’s acquisitions was the gasifier which utilized waste pili shells as fuel for the cooking. The company was able to solve the problem of accumulating waste from the pili shells and realized a 50-percent savings from its fuel consumption with the use of the gasifier, a technology developed by Industrial Technology Development Institute of DOST.

Aside from the gasifier, the company also acquired roasting machine, vacuum sealer, oven, foot sealer, extractor, evaporator, bottle sterilizer, and stainless table. In addition, the company improved its plant layout and design. Its employees also underwent training activities on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) compliance to ensure the quality of their products.

Ms.Lomibao shared the ways in which the company benefited from the DOST program.

The sealer is acquired through DOST-SETUP.

 

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There’s something science for everyone at the upcoming National Science and Technology Week to be held on July 10-14, 2012 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia. The five-day annual event is designed to offer something for everyone, young and old, laymen and science-minded, students and professors, entrepreneurs and inventors.

 

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-led event has the theme “Science, Technology and Innovation: Working Together for Growth and Development.”

 

The celebration kicks off on July 10’s opening program with special messages to be delivered by the Guests of Honor, Secretaries Proceso Alcala (Department of Agriculture), Gregory Domingo (Department of Trade and Industry), Armin Luistro (Department of Education), and Enrique Ona (Department of Health).

 

Along with Science Secretary Mario Montejo, the Guests of Honor will open the NSTW exhibit that features the latest products and services on information and communications technology, agriculture, electronics, renewable energy, energy-saving devices and food processing among others. Exhibitors will include inventors, beneficiaries of DOST programs, government and academic institutions. A scientific convention will also take place simultaneously at the Manila Hotel.

 

An interactive activity by the DOST’s Philippine Science High School will open on the second day, July 11, to be followed by Technology and Industry, and Scientific Forums. Alongside is a forum entitled “The Science Behind Project NOAH” that will have University of the Philippines experts Dr. Carlos Primo David and Dr. Enrico Paringit talk about Rainfall Forecasting and LIDAR mapping, respectively.

 

Another highlight of the day is the awarding of outstanding researchers, inventors and young scientists to be conferred by National Academy of Science and Technology, DOST’s advisory council, to be held at the Manila Hotel.

 

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