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It is now the Department of Science and Technology- Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (DOST- ARMM) turn to showcase thebiggest and latest breakthroughs in S&T in the upcoming celebration of 2015 DOST- ARMM Science and Technology Week.
To run October 8- 10, 2015 at the Alnor Convention Center in Cotabato City, the event will feature DOST’sS&T programs and interventions and local inventions, bearing the theme Philippines: A Science Nation Innovating for Global Competitiveness.
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) turned over landslide and storm surge hazard maps for Vigan City, Ilocos Norte, La union, and Pangasinan, including copies of the Reference for Emergency and Disaster or RED Book. The turnover is part of DOST’s advocacy to promote disaster preparedness by disseminating information down to the barangay level and communities-at-risk.
Secretary Mario G. Montejo held the turnover on September 1, 2015 during the Forum on Climate Change, Disaster Management and MSMEs Development, an event of the annual celebration of the DOST Region I Science and Technology Fair for the Northern Luzon Cluster held at the Vigan Convention Center in Vigan City.
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Company to help Filipino internet users in the country towards more secure, efficient, and faster access to various government websites. The signing was held last September 07, 2015 at Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Office in Diliman, Quezon City.
Said MoA defines the establishment of the fiber optic facilities that will link PLDT to the Philippine Open Internet Exchange (PHOpenIX) which is being operated by DOST’s Advance Science and Technology Institute (ASTI).
Read more: DOST, PLDT ink partnership for faster, more secure access to gov’t websites