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For the 9th consecutive year, via the 2015 Jose G. Burgos, Jr Awards for Biotech Journalism, published news and feature stories on the numerous benefits of biotechnology to the common Filipino have been recognized again last November 25, 2015 at Kalipayan Beach Resort in Dasmariñas City, Cavite.

Organized by J. Burgos Media Services, Inc. and Biotechnology for Life Media and Advocacy Resource Center, the Jose G. Burgos Jr. Awards was one of the main highlights of this year’s National Biotechnology Week (NBW) hosted by Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The said awards aim to push the frontiers of science by popularizing biotech stories, thus making people more aware of this scientific discipline.

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The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) mantra, “Agham na Ramdam!” is truly on its way to make science and technology felt by  Zamboangueños and everyone throughout Mindanao with the 2015 Mindanao Cluster Science and Technology (S&T) Fair  slated from December 3-5, 2015.

DOST Region IX will be spearheading the S&T Fair to be held in Palacio del Sur, Marcian Garden Hotel in Zamboanga City, and which carries the theme “Philippines: A Science Nation Innovating for Global Competitiveness.”

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Basic information and updates on the Expanded Newborn Screening (NBS) and Nutrigenomics programs of the government were presented to biotech-affiliated professionals and students at the Health Forum of the 2015 National Biotechnology Week (NBW) on November 23, 2015.

Led by the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) and the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), the forum shed light on the progress of implementing the Expanded NBS Program, the trial for which is being conducted in selected hospitals in Metro Manila.