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Focal persons for the Community Empowerment through Science and Technology (CEST) Program from all 16 DOST Regional Offices convened for a “Strategic Planning and Road Mapping Activity for the CEST Program” on February 28 to March 1, 2024 at the Golden Prince Hotel, Cebu City to assess and strategize for stronger science, technology, and innovation…
The Department of Science and Technology – National Capital Region (DOST-NCR) has strengthened its support for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families through a new partnership with a consortium of leading Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) in Metro Manila. DOST-NCR and the Strategic and Collaborative Alliance for Leveraging Ecosystem of Startups – National Capital Region…
The Department of Science and Technology-NCR (DOST-NCR) is partnering with a consortium of Technology Business Innovators (TBIs) to help returning OFWs and their families who are enrolled in DOST’s Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines (iFWD PH) Program to start and sustain their technology-based startups and/or business enterprises. DOST-NCR will be signing the…
The DOST-NCR and DOST-XI presided the turnover of equipment and materials that were funded by the United Nations Development Programme in the Philippines (UNDP Philippines) for the grassroots communities in Metro Manila last February 23, 2024 at the DOST Executive Lounge in Bicutan, City of Taguig. The collaboration between DOST-NCR, DOST-XI, and various local organizations…
The DOST-NCR is moving to ensure that all 16 cities and one municipality in the National Capital Region become smart and sustainable cities by investing in young people through its smart learning enabling technologies. One such technology is the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks (STARBOOKS) which was developed by the DOST…
Let the games begin! Supporting the growth of the gaming industry and digital sports in the country, DOST Secretary Dr. Renato U. Solidum, Jr. inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Esports World Federation represented by its Founder and CEO, Mr. Arniel O. Gutierrez, on 19 February 2024. Esports in the Philippines has been steadily climbing…
Author: Pinky Marcelo Published: Published: Jan. 25, 2024 Leading figures from two of Metro Manila’s more successful companies spoke about the critical role of science, technology, and innovation in spurring their respective company’s growth and development in an online colloquium titled “Navigating the Regional Innovation Ecosystem with DOST,” which was jointly organized by the Department…
The City of Caloocan’s capability to respond to disasters and calamities got a major boost with the Department of Science and Technology-NCR’s turnover last January 22, 2024 to the local government of a breakthrough technology called the Mobile Command and Control Vehicle with Triage Technology (MoCCoV). The event, which was held at the Caloocan Sports…
Metro Manila’s local government units will soon be able to better and more quickly monitor response activities after disasters and other emergencies with the introduction of the next-level technology in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management- the Mobile Command and Control Vehicle with Triage Technology (MoCCoV). The Department of Science and Technology-NCR will launch the MoCCoV…
The Samahang Pantawid Pamilya Mushroom ng Maybunga (SPPMM) and Maybunga Rainforest Park now transitions to smarter farming methods with the local government taking over management of the Solar Powered Automated Modular Mushroom Growing House, the result of a research and development project between the Department of Science and Technology-NCR (DOST-NCR) and the Rizal Technological University…