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By Allan Mauro V. Marfal, DOST-STII

As the temperature continues to rise at a record-breaking level, recently in different places in the country, the health status and livelihood of many Filipinos may be affected, as the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (DOST-PAGASA) raised its monitoring status from El Niño Watch to El Niño Alert.  

In an advisory issued on 02 May 2023, the DOST-PAGASA emphasized that they have been continuously monitoring the development of El Niño conditions in the tropical Pacific.

“Recent conditions and model forecasts indicate that El Niño may emerge in the coming season (June-July-August) at 80% probability and may persist until the first quarter of 2024. With this development, the PAGASA El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Alert and Warning System is now raised to El Niño Alert,” DOST-PAGASA said. 

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DOST Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. delivers the Philippine Statement at the Eighth Annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Ministerial Session. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Permanent Mission to the UN in New York) 

On 3 May 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary, Dr. Renato U. Solidum Jr. addresses the various delegations at the Eighth Annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to showcase how the Philippines, through the DOST, creates a conducive STI ecosystem.

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“How can you expect a tree to yield large volume of cacao pods if the bud wood used in grafting for the seedling to be planted doesn’t yield cacao pods?”

This is what Jack Sandique, a cacao farming expert of Cacao PilSense asked the training participants and stakeholders of the Department of Science and Technology Region VII (DOST-VII) - Bohol Provincial Office.

Sandique added that this is the problem that most farmers are not aware of since grafted seedling are either given to them for free or if they bought it, they don’t know where they were sourced.

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In response to the reported inadequate iodine intake of Filipinos as reflected in the results of the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST–FNRI)- Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) in 2021, DOST–FNRI developed a technology for Iodine-Rich Drinking Water or “Tubig Talino”.

DOST-FNRI continuously transfers this to qualified adoptors, like operators of water refilling stations, to help combat iodine deficiency.

Drinking five glasses of "Tubig Talino" at 250 milliliters (mL) each can meet 33 percent of the daily iodine requirement of the body.