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Published: 26 March 2015

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Now people can understand storm surge warnings better with the new color-coded warning system launched during the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s  (DOST-PAGASA) 150th anniversary celebration recently.

The new storm surge warning system, a shift from a general weather forecast to impact-based storm surge forecast and warning, stresses the threats posed by the coming storm surge and safety measures to be done by affected communities.

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Published: 19 March 2015

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Ceajay Nepomuceno from Science and Technology Information Institute shows his winning entry in the poster making contest as Department of Science and Technology joins the nation in observance of Women’s month on March 16 at DOST grounds in Bicutan, Taguig City. The celebration also includes activities such parade, zumba-dance marathon, sharing on challenges and experiences as Women Leader, FNRI’s Pinggang Pinoy and free hair cutting by Ricky Reyes Learning Institute. This year’s Women’s Month celebration is anchored on the theme “Juana, Desisyon mo ay mahalaga sa kinabukasan ng bawat isa, ikaw na!”

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Published: 19 March 2015

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The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) “Science Nation: Agham na Ramdam” makes its next stop in Cagayan Valley Region starting March 24, 2015 as the nationwide roadshow aiming to make science “felt” by the average Filipino moves to its second leg in Tuguegarao City.

A premier showcase of DOST’s science and technology (S&T) programs and success stories, “Science Nation: Agham na Ramdam” is set to tour the country’s 17 regions in 2015 to allow Filipinos of varying social and economic brackets to see and experience how science affects their daily lives.

Read more: DOST tour to make Cagayanons “feel” science and technology

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Published: 19 March 2015

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MOA SIGNING FOR DOST’S PHIL. HEALTH INFO EXCHANGE | Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Sec. Mario G. Montejo (center) together with Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Dr. Vicente Belizario (left)  and Philhealth President and CEO Atty. Alexander A. Padilla sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Philippine Health Information Exchange (PHIE) during the 33rd anniversary of DOST’s Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) held at the Dusit Thani Manila Hotel last March 17, 2015. A project of PCHRD and DOH, the PHIE is a system that will better manage the country’s health and medical information via the harmonization of data records from hospitals and other health systems and institutions across the archipelago. The MOA signing officially sets the ball rolling for the PHIE which will ultimately improve access to information, generate better decision making based on real-time health statistics, and upgrade healthcare delivery services from the national down to the barangay level, even in rural areas. In the same event, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to set up the Philippine Biomedical Devices Consortium was also inked among representatives from the Technological University of the Philippines, Technological Institute  of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomas, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University,  Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, UP systems, and the University of the East-Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center. The MOU aims to  help develop a lab-to-market roadmap for biomedical devices in the Philippines. (Text by Espie Angelica A. de Leon / Photo by Ceajay N. Valerio, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII).