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S&T week up at MMSU in Batac City PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 01 August 2012 15:38

 

Batac City, Ilocos Norte --- Ilocos folks are now in for a weeklong showcase of Ilocandia’s finest in science and technology as the Department of Science and Technology kicked off the regional celebration of the 2012 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) July 30 at the Teatro Ilocandia of the Mariano Marcos State University in this city.

 

“The NSTW highlights the Filipino’s competitiveness, creativity, and ingenuity through DOST’s intervention,” Science Secretary Mario Montejo said in a speech delivered for him by Asst. Sec. Maria Lourdes Orijola.

 

Students and other guests, some even coming from Vigan City and other towns from nearby Ilocos Sur, eagerly viewed the exhibits of  DOST agencies and partner institutions, inquiring on matters of their interest.

 

At the opening program, provincial administrator Atty Wendel Chua, speaking in behalf of Gov. Imee Marcos, stressed the importance of science and technology in sustainable development as observed in developed nations such as in European countries and Japan. The holding of the NSTW in Batac is then a very welcome event for Ilocos Norte, he said.

 

“Let us raise the flag of Ilocandia,” Atty. Chua encouraged the crowd composed mostly of locals and DOST personnel from Regions 1, 2, and CAR, the main participants in the event.

 

The technology forum in the afternoon featured the DOST-Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s technologies on lengthening the shelf life of brown rice and the development of complementary foods for babies 6-35 months old. Brown rice normally lasts only for six months before getting rancid because of the breakdown of its fatty acid content. With FNRI’s technology, brown rice can be made more accessible, available, and affordable to more people, thus reducing the demand for the more expensive but less nutritious well-milled white rice.

 

Meanwhile, complementary foods for babies are designed to provide more nutrients, particularly energy and protein, to kids just weaned from breast milk. At this age, kids are prone to malnutrition because of unhealthy food commonly fed to them.

 

 

The 2012 National Science and Technology Week at the Mariano Marcos State University in Batac, La will run July 30-August 3 featuring the latest locally developed technologies and other science and technology developments in the country. The weeklong technology fair formally opens with the ribbon cutting ceremony led by DOST Asst. Secretary for Technology Transfer Ma. Lourdes Orijola (in red, second from right) and MMSU President Miriam Pascua (in blue, third from left). Others in photo are (L-R) DOST Region 2 Director Urduja Tejada, DOST Region 1 Director Elsa Chan, Ilocos Norte Provincial Administrator Wendel Chua, DOST-Technology Application and Promotion Institute Director Edgar Garcia, DOST Mimaropa Director Josepine Abilay, DOST- Phil. Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development Director Rowena Cristina Guevara, and Batac City Councilor Florencio Laud. (Photos by Arjay Escondo, S&T Media Service)
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DOST’s enterprise upgrading program fetes pili nut company for technology adoption PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 24 July 2012 02:57

 

J. Emmanuel Pastries, a pili nut processing business which started out on a Php 500 capital and now a multi-million business, is the very first Best National adoptor of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP).

SETUP is one of the priority programs of DOST that aims to boost small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) productivity and competitiveness by assisting them in adopting technological innovations to improve their operations.

When asked about the main ingredients for their success, J. Emmanual Pastries co-owner Maria Lomibao said that these include “small capital, perseverance, faith, and DOST.”

Ms.Lomibao was very grateful of the recognition their company got on top of all the help extended by DOST.  “My husband and I are overwhelmed by DOST’s generosity,” she said, as she accepted the plaque of recognition.

J. Emmanuel Pastries availed of SETUP in 2003 to acquire additional equipment for the company.  One of the company’s acquisitions was the gasifier which utilized waste pili shells as fuel for the cooking. The company was able to solve the problem of accumulating waste from the pili shells and realized a 50-percent savings from its fuel consumption with the use of the gasifier, a technology developed by Industrial Technology Development Institute of DOST.

Aside from the gasifier, the company also acquired roasting machine, vacuum sealer, oven, foot sealer, extractor, evaporator, bottle sterilizer, and stainless table.  In addition, the company improved its plant layout and design.  Its employees also underwent training activities on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) compliance to ensure the quality of their products.

Ms.Lomibao shared the ways in which the company benefited from the DOST program.

The sealer is acquired through DOST-SETUP.
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Statement oF DOST Secretary Mario Montejo on the Magna Carta Benefits PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 15 July 2012 10:57

We at the Department of Science and Technology have taken note of the issues and grievances raised by DOST-PAGASA employees with respect to the availment of Magana Carta benefits as provided under Republic Act 8439.

 

Hence, we are now working toward a proper resolution  to this in conjunction with other government institutions.

 

Rest assured that the Department is prioritizing this matter and is standing in full support for the long-term financial security  and well-being  of its most precious resources – its people.

 
 
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