DOST welcomes 30 OFW-beneficiaries from MIMAROPA to train under iFWD PH program
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The Department of Science and Technology-MIMAROPA (DOST-MIMAROPA) welcomes the first batch of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from the MIMAROPA region as beneficiaries of the Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines (iFWD PH) through a virtual onboarding activity held last month, via zoom. iFWD PH is a DOST program that provides opportunities for the OFWs and their families to establish technology-based enterprises.
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DOST’s Engr. Sancho: As a leader, as an influencer
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The newly-appointed Department of Science and Technology Undersecretary for Regional Operations Engr. Sancho A. Mabborang was recently sworn into office by Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña.
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DOST XI collaborates with ICHARM Japan and HELP Davao Network in training Facilitators and adopting the Davao Online Synthesis System (OSS)- a Water Resilience and Disaster Platform for Davao River
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) XI in partnership with Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Davao Network is implementing a project with International Centre for Water Hazards and Risk Management (I-CHARM), Japan entitled “Science and Technology in Society for Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction Project”. The said project aims to bring Science and Technology into service for society on water-related disaster risk reduction by assuring full functionality of platforms on water and disaster – particularly torrential rainfall, flood, drought, and landslide. One of the major outputs of this project is the development of Davao Online Synthesis System (OSS) as a Platform for Water Resilience and Disasters in the Philippines. The OSS synthesizes hazard, damage, and socio-economic data, knowledge, information, experience, know-how, and technology into the Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS) and provides relevant stakeholders such as policy makers and disaster managers with capacity for informed decisions.
5 PJS articles garner Outstanding Scientific Paper Award
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The National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines (NAST PHL) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has conferred this year’s Outstanding Scientific Paper (OSP) Award to eight locally-published journal articles, five of which are found in the recent issues of the Philippine Journal of Science (PJS).
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