DOST grant seen to boost capiz handicraft production in Cavite
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Capiz, a well-known product of Western Visayasis now showing potential as new business opportunity in Cavite. Known as the mother-of- pearl shells, it is one of the most elegant materials for decorations such as vases, windows, lanterns and others.
Now capiz-made handicrafts are expected to even get better in quality through improved facilities made possible by the Department of Science and Technology Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (DOST-SETUP).
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DOST to showcase best aggie researches in FIESTA
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The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)will showcase the best of its agri-aqua research and development (R&D) outputs generated from 2010 to 2016in an event dubbed as SIPAG FIESTA on March 2 to 4.
SCIENCE GOES TO SOCCSKSARGEN
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Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo greets student-participants to the Science Nation Tour, a national roadshow that aims to make communities “feel” science through various activities relevant to different sectors of the society. The roadshow runs Feb. 16-18 and will feature launches of various projects, visits, fora, technology demonstration, inventors’ contest, exhibits, and others. According to DOST XII Regional Director, Dr. Zenaida P. HR Laidan (left), DOST XII will supplement the event of not just informative and enlightening but also amusing and entertaining S&T activities for the people to enjoy while learning and being kept abreast of S&T developments. With Sec. Montejo and Dr. Laidan is Dr. Urduja A. Tejada, DOST asst. secretary for countryside development. (Photo by Gerardo G. Palad/Text by Framelia V. Anonas, S&T Media Service)
DOST’s Science Nation Tour to rally WesternVisayans
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The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Science Nation Tour: Agham na Ramdam makes its Western Visayas stop in Iloilo City, the Philippines’ “City of Love,” from February 22-24, 2016.
Science Nation Tour is a nationwide roadshowwhich aims to showcase DOST-developed scientific and technological advancements in every region of the country and make every Juan and Maria feel the impact of science and technology in their daily lives, hence the tagline “AghamnaRamdam”.
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