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Published: 12 April 2016

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Denik Wood Enterprise, one of the country’s largest wood treatment companies, recently received help from the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute in rehabilitating its plant in Matalam, North Cotabato.

Read more: DOST helps restore wood treatment plant

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Published: 08 April 2016

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How his passion turns to invention and how the government is scaling up this invention is Junior De Jesus’ story. De Jesus, 46, comes from a family of limited means. But this did not deter him to pursue his interest in electrical devices. He took up a vocational course as an electrical and electronics technician.

Read more: Gadget for fuel efficiency, cleaner environment gets DOST support

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The Internet has made a lot of things easier. Unfortunately, these include the creation of a new breed of predatory system of which Filipino scientists and researchers should be wary.

In a symposium on predatory journals and conferences held recently at Hotel Jen in Pasay City, Dr. Fidel R. Nemenzo (Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development at the University of the Philippines Diliman) raised the issue of hijacked journals-- fake journals that steal the identity of legitimate ones to trick scientists and researchers into submitting their research articles.

Read more: Expert alerts researchers on detecting fake journals

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Planning your event well solves half of your problems, so were representatives from the Provincial Science and Technology Centers and Regional Office of the Department of Science and Technology-Cordillera Administrative Region (DOST-CAR) advised during the Training on Events Management and Coordination and Dealing with the Media 101 seminar workshop. Dr. Aristotle P. Carandang, chief science research specialist at the DOST’s Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) was the resource person in this activity held at DOST-CAR Conference Room, Km. 6, La Trinidad, Benguet on April 4-5. The two-day training armed the DOST-CAR staff in handling regional events with beneficial knowledge to ensure that S&T events are carefully planned and well-coordinated, focusing on DOST-CAR as a key player towards a more engaging S&T promotion and events management in the region. STII is DOST’s information arm which spearheaded various nationwide programs and events such as the Juan Time (Philippine Standard Time) promotion, Science for Safer Communities, and Science Nation Tour, including national and regional S&T week celebrations. (Text by Jade G. Villanueva/Photo by Gerardo G. Palad, S&T Media Service).