DOST-FPRDI: Abaca hybrid yields quality fiber
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Brighter days may be up ahead for the country’s abaca industry. Researchers at the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) have recently found that the “Bandala” abaca hybrid yields high quality fiber that makes it a promising material for pulp and paper.
DOST-IX delivers CoViD-19 testing booths to facilities in Region IX
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Answering the call to help frontliners in the fight against COVID-19, the Department of Science and Technology Region IX (DOST-IX) delivered eight (8) Specimen Collection Booths (SCB) to different CoViD-19 facilities identified by the Department of Health (DOH) in Region IX.
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DOST launches program for repatriated OFWs during COVID-19
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Manila, Philippines – With the repatriation of 28,589 OFWs as of 21 May 2020, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) launched a project entitled iFWD PH: Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines on 28 May 2020 to provide assistance in establishing alternative livelihood projects in their own provinces.
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DOST, LSPU’S IDD lab produce 1,240 PPEs for Laguna frontliners
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The Department of Science and Technology-CALABARZON together with the Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU) San Pablo, through their Ideation, Design, and Development (IDD) Laboratory have joined forces to help in the battle against COVID-19.
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