ILIGAN CITY – The Department of Science and Technology boosts city-based Surban Machine Shop through the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP). With the agency’s technological support, the firm attains 48% increase in productivity from 2018 to 2022.
A group of farmers in Oriental Mindoro is celebrating a significant increase in their harvests and income with the help of hybrid rice cultivation. The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that farmers in Oriental Mindoro were able to double their harvest and income during the wet season this year. “Dahil sa pagtatanim ng hybrid rice,…
The Department of Science and Technology, in partnership with the Local Government Unit of Maramag, is set to improve the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) learning of 81 pupils from Lumatung Pangukuyan Te Apu Man Ohay IP school through the provision of interactive courseware. The DOST Courseware is a locally-produced, all-original Filipino highly interactive…
Filipino Inventors shine bright in the recently concluded 4th Silicon Valley International Inventions Festival, held from August 8 to 10, 2025, at the Silicon Valley Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Awardees are as follows: * Unsinkable PortaBoat – Inv Ronald Pagsanghan, Ph.D * Sambacur Plus – Inv. Richard Gomez, CNP and Inv. Rigel Gomez,…
The Department of Education (DepEd) recognized around 173 partner organizations including nonprofit, volunteer-powered group, I am MAD (Making A Difference) Volunteers Inc. for their support and intervention in the country’s basic education under its ‘MATATAG’ Agenda, February 20 at GSIS Theater, Pasay City. DepEd awarded I am MAD as one of the agency’s outstanding civil society organization partners…
Quezon City – Super Typhoon Pepito (Man-yi) was crossing the sea east of Quezon province after traversing the waters of North Caguas Islands early Sunday morning, Nov. 17, state weather bureau PAGASA said. In its 8 a.m. weather update, PAGASA said that the center of Pepito’s eye was estimated to be over the coastal waters…
Dangal Bantayog ng Katatagan Awards. Department of Science and Technology secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. (Center) is among the recipients of the Dangal Bantayog ng Katatagan awarded by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in partnership with the Office of the Civil Defense in recognition of his exceptional dedication and leadership towards the realization…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has declared the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections as non-working day in the Philippines to allow Filipinos to cast their votes on October 30. “It is imperative that the people be given the full opportunity to participate in the said elections and exercise their right of suffrage,” President Marcos…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called on the National Food Authority (NFA) to follow his lead on prioritizing agricultural modernization as he acknowledged the initiatives of the agency in stabilizing the country’s staple food supply. In a message read by Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban during the NFA’s 51st anniversary celebration, the…
Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman George Garcia has appealed to President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to immediately appoint the replacements of the two commissioners who are set to retire next month. Garcia told media Commissioners Socorro Inting and Marlon Casquejo are set to retire early February after completing their respective seven-year terms. “It is our…
