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Pieces of Philippine history, arts, culture will soon be integrated into STARBOOKS, or the Science and Technology Academic Research-based Openly Operated Kiosks, a digital science library developed by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII).
During the July 29 launching of SuperSTARBOOKS, the digital science library’s latest version, DOST-STII bared its plans to include the Filipiniana digital collection “Virtual Sentro Rizal” into the library’s continuously expanding content.
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The Philippines needs to focus on space education, according to eminent Filipino astrophysicist Dr. Rogel Mari Sese, project leader of the National Space Development Program and focal person for the Philippine Space Science Education Program under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
An aspiring astronaut at the age of five, Sese shared his knowledge and thoughts on space science during a forum organized by DOST’s Science Education Institute (SEI). The forum, dubbed as TEC Talk: Space Science, was held at the UP Diliman-National Institute of Physics (UPD-NIP) on July 27, 2016.
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Solar power is brightening up the health care delivery in MIMAROPA.
After some 750-watt solar home systems (SHS) were put in place in rural health facilities in barangays Bantay and Maniwaya in Boac and Sta. Cruz respectively, health workers and concerned local government officials are now more confident that their health care services will go the extra mile.