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The country’s top scientists and academics are in talks for the possible development and offering of “Bachelor of Poverty Reduction in Agricultural Management” in state universities in a bid to boost the country’s economic growth and create opportunities for the poor.

The idea was first brought to light in a roundtable discussion last March organized by the Department of Science and Technology’s National Academy of Science and Technology where University of the Philippines Diliman Chancellor Sergio Cao welcomed the idea and encouraged his colleagues in the academe to offer such program in their campuses.

Cao said UP Diliman can take on such a program because it is “serious in undertaking poverty reduction initiatives.” 
Meanwhile, Chancellor Grace Alfonso of the Los Baños-based UP Open University said that offering a degree program on poverty reduction is “timely, necessary, and addressed by many programs of the UP system.”

But she warned that BS Poverty Reduction may not easily become popular. “It is difficult to sell such a program. Only UP can be interested in it.”

But she is hopeful that in a few years such degree may become very popular and recommends that “politicians should take this program.” 

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(L-R) AIT Outreach Field Coordinator Nick Innes-Taylor, AIT Vice President for Academic Affairs Peter Haddawy, UP Diliman Chancellor Sergio Cao, and UP Open University Chancellor Grace Alfonso discuss the possibility of offering BS Poverty Reduction program in UP campuses.

 

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Agus, Lanao del Norte - Department of Science and Technology Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro and South Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Joong-Kyung Choi led the launch of community-based early warning system on flood that’s expected to enhance Lanao del Norte’s preparation and management against weather-related hazards.

The Korean government funded the project through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in cooperation with DOST’s Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. The National Power Corporation-Mindanao Generation manages the project.

This project is a visible and pro-active expression of the collaborative relationship of the South Korean and Philippine governments,” NPC-MinGen Vice President Eduardo Eroy said.

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The Philippine land mass is moving towards mainland Asia at approximately seven centimeter per year, latest geophysics researches conducted reveal.

      This development was disclosed publicly for the first time by Department of Science and Technology Undersecretary Graciano P. Yumul Jr. during the 2009 Earth Sciences International Conference at the Heritage Hotel August 27.

      But the calculated convergence of the archipelago to continental Asia won’t happen soon.  “In 50 million years, the Philippines will be reconnected to mainland Asia because of the tectonic movements,” explains Usec Yumul, a leading Filipino authority in geology.

      Although it’s been scientifically verified Yumul emphasized that the observed land mass change is scarcely felt, if at all.

      “You know, in geophysics movements are being measured in millimeters. But when this happens, we’ll no longer need a visa going to China,” Yumul said.

      Manifestations of such tectonic movements include an old railroad that’s found submerged in the sea off Cavite province south of Metro Manila, while a very old artesian well in Mindoro island was also discovered buried into the sea.  These indicate the Philippine archipelago’s slow shift westward.

“These scenarios,” Yumul points out, “corroborate our researches on tectonic movement since nobody would put neither a railroad nor a well into the sea.”

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Nanotechnology is gaining a lot of attention because of its expanding potential applications. The Department of Science and Technology has taken notice and drew a roadmap to shepherd this post-industrial technology in the country through its attached agency, the Philippine Council for Advance Science and Technology Research and Development.

The roadmap outlines a focused research and development in exploring and exploiting high impact and life enhancing benefits of nanotechnology.

“The present roadmap is actually a product of collective effort from various sectors reflecting different perspectives that could guide us in priority settings especially now that our funds are limited. We have to prioritize the projects that will be funded under the nanotech program,” PCASTRD Executive Director Reynaldo V. Ebora explained.