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BATAC, Ilocos Norte -- Diverse unique food products and delectable gastronomic treats greeted guests from this town, as well as government officials and members of the academe, during the formal launching of the Food Innovation Center at the S&T Park of the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) recently.

The Food Innovation Center is a joint project of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through its Region 1 office headed by Dr. Armando Q. Ganal, MMSU, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).

The center, housed in a newly constructed building inside the sprawling 1,300-hectare property of the university, will be a learning hub for research and development in food production and processing of agricultural crops into high value products that can be marketed locally and abroad.

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) turned over landslide and storm surge hazard maps for Vigan City, Ilocos Norte, La union, and Pangasinan, including copies of the Reference for Emergency and Disaster or RED Book. The turnover is part of DOST’s advocacy to promote disaster preparedness by disseminating information down to the barangay level and communities-at-risk.

Secretary Mario G. Montejo held the turnover on September  1, 2015 during the Forum on Climate Change, Disaster Management and MSMEs Development, an event of the annual celebration of the DOST Region I Science  and Technology Fair for the Northern Luzon Cluster held at the Vigan Convention Center in Vigan City.

“Our flagship program on disaster management, the Project NOAH, provides us with a 6-hour lead time to prepare before the flood comes using sophisticated software to create a digital platform where weather and hazard information like flood, landslide and storm surge maps are uploaded for easy access by our local government executives and disaster risk reduction officers,” Sec. Montejo said.

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Company to help Filipino internet users in the country towards more secure, efficient, and faster access to various government websites. The signing was held last September 07, 2015 at Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Office in Diliman, Quezon City.

Said  MoA defines the establishment of the fiber optic facilities that will link PLDT to the Philippine Open Internet Exchange (PHOpenIX) which is being operated by DOST’s Advance Science and Technology Institute (ASTI).

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DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo (2nd from left) turns over 200 units of the DOST innovation on water treatment system called the Portable Ceramic Water Filter (Pitcher Type) to recipients represented by staff of the Cultural Affairs Department and Department of Social Welfare and Development of Vigan City, Ilocos Sur during the recent Northern Luzon Cluster Science and Technology Fair held on September 1, 2015 at the Tadena Hall, University of Northern Philippines (UNP). Witnessing the turnover is Dr. Gilbert R. Arce (left), UNP president. Through the principle of gravity, the two-liter capacity water filter can sift tap or deep well water using red clay with nanotechnology silver coating as the main filtering agent. Red clay is abundant in the Ilocos region. To date, the ceramic water filter system is in use in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and Eastern Visayas. It will soon be introduced in other parts of the country.  (S&T Media Service/Text by Rodolfo de Guzman and photo by Gerry Palad)