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A lawmaker, information expert, educators, local chief executives, and a scientist from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) were named Science Ambassadors of the region during the CAR leg of the Department of Science and Technology’s recent Science Nation Tour in Baguio City.

Named DOST’s Science Ambassadors during the event’s Stakeholder’s Night at the CAP Convention Center in Camp John Hay were the following: Dr. Ben D. Ladilad, president of Benguet State University; Hon. Mauricio G. Domogan, mayor of Baguio City; Hon. Abraham B. Akilit, mayor of Bauko, Mountain Province; Dr. Raymundo D. Rovillos, UP Baguio chancellor and Cordillera Regional Health Research and Development Council chairperson; Hon. Marcelo V. Dela Cruz Jr., mayor of Rizal, Kalinga; Dr. Daniel C. Peckley Jr., a DOST Balik Scientist; and Dr. Helen R. Tibaldo, regional director of Philippine Information Agency-CAR.

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Residents of Lobo, Batangas now have easier access to science and technology information, thanks to Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Science and Technology Academic and Research- Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station (STARBOOKS).

STARBOOKS is a standalone information source with thousands of S&T resources in various formats and user-friendly interface placed in specially designed pods. Developed by experts from DOST- Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII), STARBOOKS contains books, magazines, journals, scientific and research papers, livelihood videos, and Britannica Ultimate Encyclopedia which covers topics on S&T.

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In partnership with College of Education and Liberal Arts of Adamson University, the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) conducted a writeshop for its mass communication students recently at the Adamson University Theater.

Some 200 communication students, mostly graduating, participated in the Science Journalism WriteshopFor Campus Journalists. Ruby Cristobal of the Philippine Association of Science Journalists discussed science journalism and Shaira Panela of Rappler talked about environmental journalism online, while Ken Adrian Aracan introduced DOST’s Project NOAH. The participants later had a writeshop critiqued by  Panela.