Antique products need DOST intervention to improve quality
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Many indigenous products in Antique province need improvement, Department of Science and Technology Secretary Estrella Alabastro has learned from Antique Vice Governor Rhodora Cadiao in a recent meeting.
Antique’s resurgent muscovado industry for example needs to improve in terms of quality to meet international requirements. Many local muscovado processors find it difficult to penetrate foreign markets because of quality issues, Cadiao explained during Alabastro’s courtesy call at the University of Antique May 14.
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Lapid files Senate resolution to commend RP Robo Team
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Senator Manuel Lapid has filed a resolution seeking a Senate commendation for the Philippine Robotics Team that clinched two awards in the FIRST Robotics Competition Hawaii Regional.
Lapid said in his resolution that Filipino students could be at par with foreign counterparts in fields like robotics if given the appropriate training.
“The major awards garnered by our Filipino students in the Regional FIRST Robotics Competition in Honolulu, Hawaii last March 2009 show that with proper training, Filipino students can excel in the field of robotics and can ably compete with their foreign counterparts,” the resolution read.
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Sec. Alabastro receives Miss Earth beauties
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Miss Earth beauties visit Department of Science and Technology. DOST Secretary Estrella Alabastro (middle) briefs Miss Philippines-Earth Sandra Seifert (second from left) and Miss Philippines-Fire and Miss Science and Technology Patricia Marie Tumulak (third from right) on DOST programs relevant to the advocacies of Miss Philippines and Miss Earth beauty pageants. Others in the photo are Science and Technology Information Institute Officer-In-Charge and Press Secretary Office Asst. Secretary Ma. Isabel Carag-Dario (left), Miss Earth Foundation Executive Director Cathy Untalan (second from right), and DZMM station manager and Philippine Science Journalists Association, Inc president Angelo Palmones (right). [Photo by Gerry Palad, S&T Media Service]
Miss Philippines Earth at DOST
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Miss Philippines Earth beauties at Department of Science and Technology. DOST Secretary Estrella Alabastro (third from left) welcomes Miss Earth beauties in their first ever public appearance at the DOST complex in Bicutan, Taguig City. Miss Philippines-Earth Sandra Seifert (4th from left) and Miss Philippines-Fire and Miss Science and Technology Patricia Marie Tumulak (5th from left) graced the flag raising at DOST May 18. Others in photo are (L-R) Philippine Textile Research Institute Director Carlos Tomboc, National Research Council of the Philippines Executive Director Napoleon Hernandez, Industrial Technology Development Institute Director Nuna Almanzor, Miss Earth Foundation Executive Director Cathy Untalan, Science and Technology Information Institute Officer-In-Charge and Press Asst. Secretary Ma. Isabel Dario, Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development Officer-In-Charge Raul Sabularse, and DZMM station manager and Philippine Science Journalists Association, Inc President Angelo Palmones. [Photo by Gerry Palad, S&T Media Service]