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The Balik Scientist Act that would give more incentives to returning Filipino experts, scientists, inventors, and engineers is expected to be enacted into law next month. The Act, also known as Senate Bill 1533, was approved in the third and final reading at the Senate and House of Representatives during the Bicameral Conference on 06 March 2018 at Senate of the Philippines in Pasay City.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), in partnership with United Nations World Food Programme, deployed 15 STARBOOKS units in different public schools and local government units (LGUs) in Maguindanao.  Short for Science & Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks, STARBOOKS is a digital science and technology (S&T)  library developed by DOST-Science and Technology Information Institute (STII) to equip different public schools with valuable learning resources on S&T.


The Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) and FELTA Multi-Media, Inc. ink a three-year partnership in building the Center for the Arts in Science and Technology at DOST. DOST-STII Director Richard P. Burgos and FELTA President and Chief Executive Officer Mylene R. Abiva show a set of LEGO EV3 and yoga laptop as part of FELTA’s donation turned over last 05 February 2018 at the DOSTv Studio in PAGASA Weather and Flood Forecasting Center, Quezon City.

Vegetables are known as healthy food. However, not all of them are. Some vegetables may contain heavy metals and bacteria that may cause sickness when ingested.

 

More than 200 students and S&T professionals displaced during the five-month Marawi siege will now see a brighter future as the Department of Science and Technology- Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) has committed scholarship grants in support of the rehabilitation efforts in Marawi City.