BauerTek: Central Luzon’s Innovation Champion Heads to Nationals!

MALOLOS CITY, BULACAN – BauerTek Farmaceutical Technologies has clinched the Regional Winner title for Central Luzon and is now a National Finalist for the SETUP/ICON Award (Industry 4.0 Champion of Innovation) at the Regional Science and Technology Week (RSTW) 2025. The annual event, organized by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), showcases groundbreaking inventions…

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STARBOOKS to enrich 1,500 students, teachers access to S&T info in Catarman

Around 1,500 students and teachers from Camiguin National High School and Sto. Niño Integrated School is expected to benefit from the collaboration of the Department of Science and Technology and LGU Catarman to acquire STARBOOKS, the country’s first digitized library. Catarman Mayor Kiterio Antonio U. Palarca II has expressed his thanks to DOST during the…

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PRO-CAR seizes P60M-worth of illegal drugs, arrests 32 individuals

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (PIA) — The Police Regional Office Cordillera (PRO-CAR) reported a successful month-long anti-illegal drug operations in the region. In the report submitted to Regional Director PBGen. David Peredo Jr., more than P60 million-worth of illegal drugs have been seized and destroyed in the region-wide anti-drug operations from August 1 to 31, 2024….

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DOST Ilocos Region Opens Growth Opportunities for 25 firms Through Technology Needs Assessment, Paving the Way for SETUP Success.

The Department of Science and Technology Ilocos Region (DOST Ilocos Region) through its Provincial Offices and Regional Program Management Office (RPMO) conducted Technology Needs Assessments (TNA) for twenty-five (25) Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across Region 1 as part of the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP). The validation activities served as a critical…

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FFCCCII: Revised Economic Targets Must Spur Urgent Reforms

Manila, Philippines – The Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) called today for urgent national reforms following the government’s recent revision of economic growth targets for 2026–2028. The government now projects 5–6% growth in 2026, rising to 6–7% by 2028, citing the lingering impact of the DPWH flood-control corruption scandal and…

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Cayetano, Dizon inspect first-of-its-kind forensic lab in Taguig

A world-class forensic laboratory meant to help solve crimes faster and deter criminals is nearing completion in the City of Taguig, just two years after it broke ground. Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday brought Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon to the site of the Philippine National Police (PNP)’s first-of-its-kind forensic laboratory in…

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