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Residents in communities with a forecast two- to three-meter (six to 11 feet) height of the storm surge are urged to seek higher ground and take extra precautions as typhoon Glenda lashes out strong rains in the country.

Deparment of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario Montejo urged the public to stay informed and be prepared in the face of the approaching typhoon by using weather bulletin from PAGASA and complementary information from models generated by Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (Project NOAH) and the 3D mapping models from the Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation (Project DREAM).

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Science Nation in the City. Dr. Aristotle P. Carandang of the Department of Science and Technology’s Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) visits the Taguig City Hall during its Monday morning flag ceremony last July 14, 2014, to invite City Hall staff to DOST’s 2014 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) from July 24-28 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia. It was one of STII’s various promotional stops for the upcoming event dubbed “Philippines: A Science Nation Meeting Global Challenges.” A premier annual event of the Department, NSTW will showcase the latest DOST technologies and programs geared towards strengthening the country’s manufacturing industries, SMEs, human resource capabilities, e-governance, and disaster preparedness, among others. Admission to said event is free.

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When super typhoon Yolanda struck parts of Visayas in November 2013, the Rise Mo Women’s Group in Ormoc, Leyte was affected.

The roof of the building housing their Rice-Mongo-Sesame Ready-to-Cook food blend factory was partially damaged, allowing rainwater to enter the facility and destroy their raw materials, particularly the uncooked rice (bigas) and mung beans (mongo).

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The Department of Science and Technology’s Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) is pulling out all stops to increase the number of science scholars in the country, pushing for its “one scholar per municipality” target” in order to achieve this.

Through its program dubbed “Push4Science: Maging DOST Scholar Ka!,” DOST hopes to pluck more scholarship applicants from 71 identified municipalities, including those in far-flung areas, and maintain a wave of high quality human resources who will continue to carry the country’s science and technology activities.