Ever heard a black garlic-flavored ice cream? Black Garlic Ice Cream (Photo from DOST-PCAARRD) This is just one of the paths that the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) looks to take with the prospering garlic and agri-food condiments industry under the Niche Centers in the Regions for...
Mobile application Remote Online Surveillance for Banana (ROSANNA), a project funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) allows for a more seamless means to monitor a banana plantation with its mobile agricultural disease surveillance system capable of gathering and disseminating...
The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has developed a fiber-extracting machine to address the safety concerns of abaca farmers. (Photo from DOST) "For a long time, many of our abaca farmers have had no choice but to use very...
Research from the Far Eastern University Public Policy Center (FPPC) found that there are "gaps" in the Araling Panlipunan textbooks used by Grade 5 and 6 when discussing the Marcos administration. The group of historians, led by FPPC Trustee Dr. Maria Serena Diokno, said Araling Panlipunan...
Let science be our guide, not the expiration date! Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Wednesday, April 6 gave this advice as government officials worry about the approaching expiration date of Covid-19 vaccines. ‘’Given the oversupply of Covid-19 vaccines here the Philippines, government...
An interactive science museum was opened in Palo, Leyte with the hope of paving the way for the town to be known as a "science municipality." The science centrum, located at the Leyte Academic Center, opened last 24 March 2022 with DOST Sec. Fortunato T. de la Peña in attendance. Also present were...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Thursday, March 31, pushed for more wheat alternatives amid the rising price of wheat flour due to the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Unsplash) Both Russia and Ukraine are among the world's largest suppliers of wheat which account for...
In hopes to reduce animal testing, the Department of Science and Technology-Business Innovation through Science and Technology (DOST-BIST), has funded a local pharmaceutical company for three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting on human skin. The project "Three-dimensional Bioprinted Human Skin...
Recognizing that cancer is the third leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the country, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) and University of the Philippines (UP) Manila are developing an Artificial...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Friday, March 25, said that it will continue the implementation of the Malnutrition Reduction Program (MRP) in the Philippines to feed about 3.64 million stunted Filipino children aged six months to three years old. MRP is an science-based...
About 1,061 students and alumni of Ateneo Law School backed the candidacies of Vice President Leni Robredo and runningmate Senator Kiko Pangilinan. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Panginilan (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement released Tuesday, March 22, the signatories...
Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has emerged as the second preferred senatorial candidate during the mock polls at Cagayan de Oro City’s University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP). The USTP’s mock online polls dubbed as...
