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Regional Director Edgar Esperancilla of the Department of Science and Technology – VIII received  53 STARBOOKS disks from Robelyn Cruz of DOST-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII). The disks, pre-installed with STARBOOKS contents, are ready for setting up in various schools and communities in the region. Developed by DOST-STII , STARBOOKS or  Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station,   is the country’s first digital science and technology (S&T) library.  It can be accessed offline,  making it ideal for students and researchers in areas still unreached by the Internet and have no access to the latest S&T materials. (Framelia V. Anonas, S&T Media Service)

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The Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) launched and distributed the Valley Fault System (VFS) Atlas to local government officials recently at the PHIVOLCS office in Diliman, Quezon City.

The Valley Fault System (VFS) Atlas is a handbook of large scale maps showing in detail areas traversed by the Valley Fault System, an active fault system in the Greater Metro Manila Area (GMMA). The fault system has two fault traces: the 10 km long East Valley Fault in Rizal and the 100 km long West Valley Fault that runs through different cities and towns in Bulacan, Rizal, Metro Manila, Cavite and Laguna. The West Valley Fault can generate a large earthquake which poses threat to people’s lives, buildings, infrastructure, and livelihood.

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The Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Technology (DOST-ICT) Office, in partnership with Philippine Software Industry Association, Ideaspace, Huwaei, and Vibal Foundation launched the 2015 Philippine Startup Challenge (PSC) last May 20, 2015 at ICT Office Building in Diliman, Quezon City.

Now on its 2nd year, PSC is a student startup competition promoting technology entrepreneurship or “technopreneurship” among college students. It dares the students all over the country to create bolder, more creative software and internet-based innovations that solve real problems and help improve the lives of individuals worldwide.

To join the competition, each team must have four members composed of one faculty adviser and three students. The faculty adviser must have attended or will attend at least one of the preparatory boot camps for PSC. These are the Lean Startup 101 Boot Camp in 2014 and the boot camps for 2015 scheduled on the following dates: June 6 in Cebu City, June 13 in Davao City, June 20 in Iloilo City, July 4 in Baguio City, July 8 in Metro Manila, and July 25 in Cagayan de Oro City.

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High school and college students in ten campuses of Capiz State University (CAPSU) in Roxas City, Capiz in Region VI can now perform science research work more conveniently with the formal turnover of 35 STARBOOKS units by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) at the CAPSU Main Campus in Roxas City recently.

The ten CAPSU campuses now equipped with STARBOOKS units are the main campus in Roxas City, Burias, Dumarao, Sigma, Pilar, Pontevedra, Mambusao, Dayao, Sapian, and Tapaz campuses.

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Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - developed food process equipment will be brought forward in the upcoming SIAL ASEAN 2015, pitting it out with the world’s “who’s who” in the global food industry.

SIAL, or Salon International de I’Agroalimentair, is the biggest and largest food exposition in the world and set to run June 17-19, 2015 at the World Trade Center Metro Manila. It provides the industry players a global platform in a business-to-business environment.

  1. Scientists’ lighter side featured in DOST’s online publication
  2. Forester and environmentalist tied for DOST’s 2015 environmental science award
  3. DOST CHIEF TOURS JUSTICE HEAD TO FOOD INNOVATION CENTER IN CAGAYAN VALLEY
  4. DOST funds community empowerment program to So. Leyte university