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The Department of Science and Technology – Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII), in cooperation with the Department of Science and Technology Region I (DOST-I) and the Department of Education Central Office (DepEd) conducted a training and orientation on Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated Kiosk Stations (STARBOOKS) usage and administration for DepEd regional and divisional information technology officers on 24 January 2023, at Ynad’s Place Resort and Hotel, City of San Fernando, La Union.

Llyod Frederick Mandapat, Science Research Specialist II of DOST-STII presented the overview of STARBOOKS emphasizing its purpose which is to give free offline multiple access to all contents of DOST-STII Library to beneficiaries and students that are far from the area. The task and scope of work for the DOST-I, DOST-STII, and DepEd were also discussed, focusing on system-related problems, the configuration of preloaded STARBOOKS, and monitoring STARBOOKS sites. 

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Some 15 personnel from LGU-Tampilisan successfully completed the hands-on training on the use, operation, and maintenance of bioreactor and plastic densifier technologies last 23-26 January 2023 in Tampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte. 

The four-day training activity was organized by the Department of Science and Technology – IX through its Provincial Science and Technology Office in Zamboanga del Norte (PSTO-ZDN), and in cooperation with DOST’s Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI). Experts from DOST-ITDI namely Engr. Pierre Jordan Mendoza, Engr. Benjamin Santos, and Joannalene Tuazon served as resource persons and trainers. 

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Yes, mined-out areas can still be rehabilitated through the government’s Greening mined-out areas in the Philippines (GMAP) program that adopted Bioremediation, the use of live microbes and plants as biological solutions to clean up and rehabilitate stressed environment such as mined out or mine tailing areas.

The GMAP program, lead by Dr. Nelly Aggangan, from the University of the Philippines, Los Banos, successfully developed microbial-based protocol that can effectively rehabilitate unproductive mine tailing areas in the Philippines, converting barren lands into mini forests.  

Mined-out areas are devoid of plants due to many biotic and abiotic factors and one of them is the presence of residual heavy metals in the mining wastes. 

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“Our survey results indicate that almost 70% of our respondents prefer to telecommute over physical reporting for work after the lifting of the national public health emergency,” Dr. Rowena Paz L. Gelvezon, professor at the University of the Philippines-Visayas and project leader of Telecommuting Preferences of Government Workers in the Philippines (TeleWork@PH) research, said.

Gelvezon added that this may indicate an evolving concept on how work is viewed, that is, work is something that people do, not someplace that people go to; that work need not be performed in a specific physical work site nor performed in mandated work hours, but work is something that can be accomplished anywhere and anytime.