Dipolog-based metals and engineering firm receives assistance from DOST
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Newly installed bottom strip forming machine (left side) and spring making machine (right side)
Engr’s Steel Industry, a firm based in Dipolog City, recently received PhP 2,500,000 assistance for equipment and productivity upgrades from the Department of Science and Technology Regional Office IX (DOST-IX), through the agency’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP).
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‘Yes to STARBOOKS!’, DepEd GenSan tells DOST-XII
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“Imagine teachers using their laptops, flashing STARBOOKS contents on the TV screen while delivering their lectures to the students. What a wonderful sight!”
Department of Education (DepEd)-GenSan Schools Division Superintendent Romelito G. Flores, CESO V expressed with glee his excitement about the nearing implementation of one of the Department of Science and Technology’s programs called the 𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛-𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗟𝗬-𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗞𝗜𝗢𝗞𝗦 (𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦) to the division of General Santos.
DOST Secretary emphasizes the benefits of a PH Virology and Vaccine Institute
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Health (DOH), and the Department of Agriculture (DA) are pushing for the establishment of the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP).Drafted site layout of the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines
Leading the initiative, DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña emphasizes how Filipinos may benefit from the VIP, which is envisioned to be the country’s foundation of research and innovation on human, animal, and plant viruses in the next 10 to 15 years.
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Level up with SETUP: DOST spurs new opportunities for DavSur MSMEs
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Despite the challenges brought about by CoVID-19 and the New Normal, the Department of Science and Technology Regional Office XI (DOST-XI), through its Provincial Science and Technology Center in Davao del Sur (PSTC DS), capitalized on new opportunities of extending assistance to two enterprises in Davao del Sur through the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP).
Improvements brought by DOST’s S&T interventions were evident during the on-site project visit of Dr. Anthony C. Sales, CESO III, Regional Director of DOST-XI last 17 March 2022.
Maru Farm Development Corporation, a poultry dressing plant located in Inawayan, Sta. Cruz, was assisted by DOST-XI in acquiring various equipment for the upgrading of its poultry dressing facilities under SETUP. The firm was also able to avail of DOST’s Halal Assessment Consultancy Program and received training on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for all its workforce.
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