A March 14, 2012 press release from the Department of Science and Technology: The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario G. Montejo has designated Dr. Amelia Guevara, incumbent Executive Director of the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD), as Officer-In-Charge (OIC) of the Office of the Undersecretary for Research and Development (OUSEC-R&D). The appointment of Dr. Guevara comes after the early retirement of Dr. Graciano P. Yumul Jr. who served as DOST’s Undersecretary for R&D from January 26, 2006 to March 12, 2012. Continue reading →

It is with deep regret that I accept the decision of Undersecretary Graciano P. Yumul, Jr. to seek optional retirement from government service due to personal reasons. Continue reading →

A July 22, 2011 press release by the Department of Science and Technology: Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo made a commitment to the President to make the ovicidal-larvicidal (OL) trap available to all public school classrooms in the country by August this year. The move is expected to further reduce the number of dengue-carrying mosquitoes in the country. Continue reading →

The DOST’s immediate mission order from Malacañang is to help de-clog major river systems like the Rio Grande de Mindanao, which swamped villages along its banks and portions of Cotabato City because of massive swarms of water hyacinth.

This would require a far more efficient mechanical de-clogging system than backhoes sitting on barges. “We expect to test a DOST-developed water hyacinth harvester within July,” DOST Assistant Secretary Robert O. Dizon said Continue reading →

A June 29, 2011 press release by the Department of Science and Technology: The DOST has focused on providing solutions that address the country’s pressing needs. For a country that frequently bouts with disasters, outbreaks, and other events that threaten the people’s safety and the economy, solutions that work assure the people that the government is on top to protect them. Continue reading →

The ITDI water filter is made of red clay coated with nano-colloidal silver, an anti-microbial agent that is more efficient than the “chlorination process in traditional water filter system,” ITDI explained. The pot-shaped filter is placed on top of a plastic container that holds the filtered water.

This simple science tested solution can “reduce e coli count to less than 1 percent,” DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo told Southville 3 residents. Continue reading →

A March 17, 2011 press release by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Department of Science and Technology: Winds which may carry any radioactive material from the Fukushima nuclear power plant will not affect any part of the country. Aside from dilution of any possible radioactive material carried by the winds, a frontal system east of Japan associated with rainfall will cause its settlement. Continue reading →