Calling all plant parents! Today’s “plantitos” and “plantitas” may start exploring “Hydroponic Household Garden,” a smart agricultural technology which is funded by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources and...
The Department of Science and Technology–Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) recognized the country’s 1,395 math and science geniuses for bagging 3,672 awards in 67 international competitions in 2020. (DOST-SEI) This year’s awardees were feted in the DOST-SEI’s Youth Excellence in...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) vowed Thursday, Nov. 4, to strengthen efforts to reduce pollution in Manila Bay. Hundreds of people plunge into the cool water of Manila Bay at the breakwater in Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City amidst the pandemic. (Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA...
The second phase of a three-year project on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory of the entire production chain of industrial tree plantation (ITP) in Mindanao is underway, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has poured in more than P1 million to fund the development of field-test kits for detection of methanol contamination in coconut wine, known locally as lambanog. Dr. Hosea Matel (right) of CvSu and Science Research Specialist Jon Uriel Layos of (left)...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-I provided P425,000 worth of aid to Payas Rice Mill in La Union to purchase a rice huller machine that would boost its production and sales. DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Secretary Fortunato...
The National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines (NAST PHL), the country’s premier recognition and advisory body on science and technology (S&T), will formally turn over the 30-year science, technology and innovation (STI) “Foresight” plan and roadmap which seeks to ensure...
A project on locally-made smart hydroponics funded and monitored by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has already been completed and its results showed “potential for improving hydroponics farm enterprises.” (Photo by Zoe Schaeffer on Unsplash) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy”...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) to pursue scientific and technological cooperation on water and waste management, food safety and security, aquaculture, and digital governance. (Department of...
The country’s first mobile coffee processing hub has been officially launched, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. DOST Technology in the Region for the Upscaling of Community Knowledge or DOSTRUCK (DOST-Calabarzon) The DOST-Calabarzon (Cavite,Laguna,Batangas, Rizal, Quezon)...
One out of six or 15.5 percent of Filipino infants and children aged six months to five years had vitamin A deficiency (VAD), particularly those in the rural areas, based on the 2018-2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) of the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition...
The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has developed wastewater treatment equipment to promote the proper discharge of wastewater and address environmental pollution in the country. Turnover ceremony at the RSU Manufacturing...
