Covid-19

DOST’s Regional Metrology Laboratory extends free calibration services in Ilocos Sur

Posted on 07/15/2021 07:46 pm

DOST-I extends free calibration of weighing instruments in various municipalities in Ilocos Sur through its Regional Metrology Laboratory.

DOST-II, NVSU set to establish facility to produce ethyl alcohol from agricultural wastes in Cagayan region

Posted on 07/15/2021 07:43 pm

DOST-II through the Provincial Science and Technology Center-Nueva Vizcaya, partnered with Nueva Vizcaya State University to establish an Ethanol Production Facility that can produce ethyl alcohol.

Camarines Sur manufacturer produces DOST-developed bamboo-framed face shields

Posted on 07/15/2021 07:31 pm

With COVID-19 cases still present in the province of Camarines Sur, the Bula Masarig Engineered Bamboo, one of the top manufacturers of bamboo-made products in the province

63 years of S&T service to the Filipinos over “Coffee chat” with Sec Boy

Posted on 07/15/2021 07:12 pm

The time to reminisce the 63 years of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) was made near perfect over a cup of coffee when Secretary Fortunato ‘Boy’ T. de la Peña who talked about the many accomplishments of the department

DOST, DOH allot funds to study effects of mix and match vaccines on Filipinos

Posted on 06/14/2021 07:31 am

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), together with the Department of Health (DOH), will allot more than two million pesos to fund studies related to the mix and match of vaccines as well as their real-world effectiveness.

5 PJS articles garner Outstanding Scientific Paper Award

Posted on 06/09/2021 12:11 pm

The National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines (NAST PHH) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has conferred this year’s Outstanding Scientific Paper (OSP) Award to eight locally-published journal articles, five of which are found in the recent issues of the Philippine Journal of Science (PJS)

DOST’s COARE supercomputing facility continues to support COVID-19-centric initiatives

Posted on 06/09/2021 11:32 am

It has been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the world, affecting the global economy and altering lives.

DOST holds Food Safety Webinar Series

Posted on 04/28/2021 11:59 am

DOST Regions IX, X, XI, Caraga, and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), in partnership with the 3M Philippines - Food Safety Department, will be hosting a four-part webinar series on Food Safety that started in April up to June this year.

Broader interventions needed to strengthen “new normal” science education in Visayas, says experts

Posted on 04/16/2021 11:36 am

Educators hailing from all three Visayan regions have recently shared their practical insights on improving the “new normal” system of educating science high school students amid the COVID-19 pandemic through a virtual forum broadcast via Facebook Live.

LIGTAS COVID program helps MSMEs thru venture financing

Posted on 04/06/2021 10:37 am

True to its mandate of helping MSMEs through venture financing, the DOST-TAPI has fully implemented the Level-up Innovation Government Support for Technologies against the Spread of COVID-19 program simply called or LIGTAS COVID-19.