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A comfortable and an environment friendly shoe insole was developed by the Philippine Textile Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PTRI) through the “Diversification of Philippine Textiles Through Nonwoven Innovations R&D Program” or the Nonwoven Innovations Program, using natural textile fiber-based nonwovens and knitted and woven fabrics.

Prototypes have already been developed using pineapple leaf fiber needle punched nonwovens, with combination of two or more layers: the upper lining, the lignocellulosic-based nonwoven textile and the optional backing support. The middle nonwoven layer acts as the cushioning component of the shoe insole that provides comfort as well as protection to the feet of the wearer.

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The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), through the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), is set to wrap up this year’s series of Online Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) with its 4th quarter quake drill on November 11, 2021 with the full support from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

The virtual drill would take place at 8 a.m. and livestreamed via the OCD (Civil Defense PH) and NDRRMC’s social media pages. 

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The DOST’s first ever on-site mobile food testing laboratory and facility project marks its first year after it was established last October 2020, that’s the 1st Science for the People-Smart Food Value Chain Facility and Manufacturing Village at Barangay Colonia in Tuburan, Cebu.

Spearheaded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office VII and the Lamac Multipurpose Cooperative (LAMAC MPC), this Smart Food Value Chain and Manufacturing Village Facility has been serving its purpose to the local communities of Cebu. This facility is aligned with its core mission to develop an agricultural innovative technology for food safety that is self-sustaining and can transform raw agricultural materials to become high-value and high-quality products.

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The major regional crop of the Cordillera Administrative Region or CAR is potato, where 86% of the country’s potato production comes from the region with more than 5,819 hectares planted to this crop (data from PSA 2018). Photo Courtesy of DOST-CAR

The Potato R&D Center is one of the three research and development (R&D) centers established under the Niche Centers in the Regions for Research and Development (NICER) Program of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Science for Change Program. According to DOST-CAR, the said facility is the first center created to provide quality potato seeds farmers in the country. The center was launched last October 2019.