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It isn’t too late for anyone to try new technologies anywhere. These elderly mallgoers in Butuan City prove this as they squeeze in time to check out the country’s first digital science library during their malling spree. A project of the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII), the digital library is called STARBOOKS (Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk System) which was recently launched at the mall. STARBOOKS boasts of free S&T materials in various formats, is user friendly and does not require  Internet connectivity. STARBOOKS will also be featured during DOST’s National Science and Technology Week from July 24-28, 2015 at SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City. (Text by Joy M. Lazcano / Photo by Henry A. de Leon, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII)

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Having an entrepreneurial mindset early on can be an added advantage for Filipino students. At the same time, it can also fill the gap in areas where there is a lack of investments like in the provinces, said Monchito Ibrahim, deputy executive director of the Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICT Office).

Certain places in the country lack investment opportunities for various reasons. Among these are security issues, lack of or limited infrastructure, and unsuitability of its geographical location.

ICT-based startups, however, are not heavily dependent on location, according to Ibrahim. Thus, promoting technopreneurship or technology entrepreneurship among engineering and ICT students is an effective way to bring economic progress to areas not reached by investment opportunities. It maximizes the potential of untapped ICT talent in the provinces as well.

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The complementary food feeding program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Jabonga, a third class municipality in Agusan del Norte, helped decrease malnutrition incidence from a high of 74 percent to 34 percent, according to a study.

The study, tied up with  a 120-day complementary food feeding program, is conducted by DOST’s  Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI).

Findings showed that the significant increase in body weights of children is attributed to the 120-day complementary food feeding program implemented by DOST, through its attached agency the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI).

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(Top) Sen. Loren Legarda proudly beams as she tries on a cotton vest dyed with natural indigo - a gift from the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) which developed the dye - during the recent launching of PTRI’s Innovation Center for Yarns and Textiles in Taguig City. The P54M facility is expected to revitalize the local textile industry by producing yarns of piña, banana, and other indigenous fabrics and make these more accessible to local handloom weavers and commercial millers, as well as include the fabrics in local clothing brands’ product lines. Photo below shows Legarda while being shown one of the equipment inside the Innovation Center during a tour around the facility. Legarda is the author of the Tropical Fabrics Law which aims to promote Philippine tropical fabrics. (Photos by Henry A. de Leon, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII)