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Every year, hundreds of Filipinos die and billions of pesos worth of properties are lost because of fires. To help reduce the amount of agony and loss caused by fire incidents, the Forest Products Research and Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-FPRDI) recently re-opened its fire testing lab, the only one of its kind in the country.

“Our newly re-opened lab is still in its infancy – right now, it only has basic equipment for verifying the ignitability and combustibility of small wood samples, but I think it’s a good start,” says DOST-FPRDI Director Romulo T. Aggangan. “The lab brings more affordable services to players in the construction industry who otherwise will have to send their samples for testing in accredited labs in Singapore and Malaysia.”

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By Allan Mauro V. Marfal, DOST-STII

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said, on Monday, that in establishing a culture of innovation, it should work hand in glove with a culture of entrepreneurship. With this, science and technology, especially R&D, will be at its foundation.

In his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Marcos assures full support for programs that would not only capacitate the skills and knowledge of our scientists, researchers, and engineers but also provide them better compensation that they truly deserve.

He also acknowledged the efforts of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), particularly on some of its programs and initiatives on scholarships, the Balik Scientists, and space technology programs.

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The local textile industry in Northern Luzon is poised to take a big leap towards development as the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI), Isabela State University - Ilagan Campus (ISU), DOST-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST PCIEERD), DOST Region II, City of Ilagan, and the Province of Isabela, joined hands and launched the first Regional Yarn Production and Innovation Center or RYPIC in Luzon at the ISU Ilagan Campus in Ilagan, Isabela. The inauguration was done on 23 June 2023, signaling a new hope to revitalize its local textile industry.                               1st Regional Yarn Production and Innovation Center (RYPIC) in Isabela

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), through its Science Education Institute (SEI), is fulfilling it mandate to increase the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) human resources in the country with a total of 55,460 scholars, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, in its roster now.

This allows the country to have a pool of highly competent scientists and researchers which would work on providing innovative solutions to address the pressing concerns of various areas and sectors.

At the 2nd S&T Fellow Convention held on 21 July 2023, at Sofitel Plaza, Dr. Josette T. Biyo, director of DOST-SEI, shared her prediction that these scholarship programs will pave the way for the creation of public impact investors, wherein, these scholars will go back to the Philippines and lead several industries or become entrepreneurs and contribute to national development.