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By Allan Mauro V. Marfal, DOST-STII

Some 115 junior high school students of Ismael Mathay Sr. High School (IMSHS) got to experience the real feel of being science journalists during the recently concluded seminar/workshop conducted under the Science Journo Ako advocacy program of the Science and Technology Information Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-STII).

The capacity building activity was held on March 07-08, 2024 at the Ismael Mathay Sr. High School campus in Quezon City.

The two-day activity featured lectures and workshop activities on Science News and Feature Writing, Basic Photography and Photojournalism, Social Media Content Creation, and Basic Principles of Layout and Design.

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The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) featured the latest advancements in wood and non-wood forest technologies and facilities at their office during the visit of members of the House of Representatives on 22 February 2024. 

Led by the House Committee on Science and Technology Member and 2nd District of Zamboanga del Sur Representative Jeyzel Victoria C. Yu, the group was joined by the legislative and congressional delegates of the Committees on Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources; Agriculture and Food; Natural Resources; Tourism; Rural Development; Climate Change; Agrarian Reform; Ecology; Reforestation; Disaster Risk Resilience; and Committee Affairs Department Economic Cluster II.

Legislative and congressional delegates led by Rep. Jeyzel Victoria C. Yu (in white dress) pose with DOST officials at the DOST-PCAARRD Innovation and Technology Center.

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Embarking on a STEM-exploration journey inside the yellow bus, the young Bataeños take the NuLab: STEM in Motion experience as one that they will never forget and one that they will forever be grateful for. 

 

They see NuLab as a place where both fun and learnings perfectly blend in science, an extraordinary vehicle that brings science to life and engages young minds in the different scientific wonders and fascinations that surround life. 

“The nulab experience was really fun and exciting. The [scientific] explanations were well done. It was truly engaging, and it’s definitely one experience that I will always remember,” said Gabriel Barbosa, Grade 10 student from Pagalanggang National High School. 

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The DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) helped a Laguna-based agro-forest farm by providing technical assistance through its incubation and piloting program.

The Adoress Farm is an incubatee in a collaboration between Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU) and DOST-FPRDI. It is being assisted in the production of hand soaps made from natural materials through DOST-FPRDI’s Technology Business Incubation (TBI) Program and Piloting of Select FPRDI Technologies Project.