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Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo highly encourages students from public schools to apply for admission to the Philippine Science High School (DOST-PSHS) campus nearest to their community.

“We are reaching out to our youth who may be less fortunate but can be competitive in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering,” Montejo said. “This is one way of broadening our prospects in building a pool of S&T experts who will someday become the country’s leaders.”

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will hold a forum on disaster preparedness on March 4, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. at the Senate of the Philippines, Pasay City. The forum aims to help senators formulate appropriate policies on disaster preparedness to strengthen the country’s disaster preparedness program.

Billed as “Iba na ang Panahon: Science for Safer Communities” (INAP: S4SC), said forum will gather members of the Philippine Senate and respective committee chairpersons to equip them with the latest information, tools, and technologies that would give them a better understanding of the possible impacts of hazards in different communities around the country. Discussions will focus on geologic hazards, radiation/nuclear safety program, and issues on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.

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DOST ASSISTANCE FOR FILIPINO INVENTORS | Atty. Marion Ivy Decena (middle) of the Department of Science and Technology – Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST- TAPI) spearheads the Signing of Memorandum of Agreement  and Orientation for the proponents of Invention-based Enterprise Development (IBED) Assistance Program under  DOST-TAPI’s  Invention Development Division. With Atty Decena are IBED grantees  Mardinio P. Azores (left) of Kaibigan Mar Azores Incubator and Engr. Rodrigo P. Duque (right) of Ozone Dynamic Ventures. (S&T Media Service)

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NEW DOST AGRI COUNCIL CHIEF | Science Chief Mario G. Montejo swears in Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora as new executive director of the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Council for Agriculture Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD). Prior to his appointment to the PCAARRD, Dr. Ebora was the director of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH) at the University of the Philippines Los Baños in Laguna. He is the first DOST executive director to have headed two councils, as Dr. Ebora served as executive director to the former DOST-Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development (PCASTRD) before his BIOTECH stint. Meanwhile, DOST-PCAARRD is a policy-formulating Council that coordinates, evaluates, and monitors the national research and development efforts in agriculture, aquatic and natural resources sectors. It also allocates government and external funds for R&D and generates resources to support its program. (S&T Media Service)