Seaweed additive boosts rice yield by more than 65% -- DOST
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A sea plant nurturing the growth of another plant, is it possible?
Yes, indeed. Scientists from the National Crop Protection Center at the University of the Philippines Los Banos conducted a thorough research on the ordinary seaweed or carrageenan and employed innovative technology and the result was simply amazing --- boosting rice yield by more than 65%.
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PNoy signs PAGASA modernization bill
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The country’s weather bureau gets revitalized as President Benigno S. Aquino III signed into law Republic Act 10692 or An Act Providing for the Modernization of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Providing Funds Therefore and for Other Purposes, last November 3, 2015.
The law compels the weather bureau, an agency under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), to modernize its technological operational capacity and strengthen its role as the premier national weather agency to attain its vision as a center of excellence for weather-related information services.
Montejo banners DOST’s build back better programs in Top Leaders Forum 2015
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) joined SM Prime Holdings Inc. and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in the conduct of the Top Leaders Forum 2015 last November 10, 2015 at the SMX Convention Center at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
The forum is a yearly event that gathers top level leaders from both the public and private sectors to tackle issues on disaster risk reduction in order to implement tangible projects and initiatives that will result in reducing industry losses brought about by natural hazards.
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DOST’s STARBOOKS deployed in Lapu-Lapu
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Nine units of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) “library in a box” are set to be deployed to nine different institutions and sites in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing for the project dubbed as STARBOOKS or Science and Technology Academic and Research- Based Openly Operated Kiosks at the Hoops Dome in the city last November 10, 2015.
The nine beneficiaries are the Science and Technology Education Center, Felipe F. Matbagon Memorial High School, Lapu-Lapu Mini City Hall, Marigondon National High School, Nemesio-Epifania Taneo Memorial High School, Lapu-Lapu City College, Pangan-an High School, Sta. Rosa National High School, and Lapu-Lapu City Library.