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Diwata-1, the Philippines’ first microsatellite, took off at 11:05 today from the National Aeronautics and Space Administrationin Camp Canaveral, Florida, USA to the International Space Station where it will be calibrated before foraying into mission. Diwata-1 was aboard Cygnus, an American automated cargo spacecraft designed to transport supplies to the International Space Station.

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When in Cebu City, doubt no longer as you chew that barbeque you just bought from a street food hawker. If the cook, who may also be the vendor, went through the food safety awareness seminar co-organized by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), chances are, it’s safe.

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Katipunan Barangay Chairwoman Paz Maglangit (2nd from left) in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley reads the deed of assignment for the turnover of the land to the Department of Science and Technology Regional Office 11. The field testing for the Integrated Gold-Copper Mineral Processing Pilot Plant will be constructed in Brgy. Katipunan and is expected to benefit small scale miners in the area. The plant will use “green technology” which does away with toxic chemicals like cyanide and mercury. Awaiting the turnover are (left) Dr. Anthony C. Sales, DOST Region 11 director, and (right) Mr. and Mrs.Aniceto Bolifer, the landowners.  (Text by Rodolfo P. de Guzman/Photo by Henry de Leon/S&T Media Service)

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Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara (center, with eyeglasses) leads the ceremonial groundbreaking of the field testing for the Integrated Gold-Copper Mineral Processing Plant in Barangay Katipunan, Nabunturan, Compostela Valley. The plant will use an environment-friendly mining technology called floatation and gravitation, dubbed “better mines”, which uses no hazardous chemicals like cyanide and mercury. The technology is jointly developed by the DOST and the University of the Philippines Diliman-Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.  (Text by Rodolfo P. de Guzman/Photo by Henry de Leon/S&T Media Service)