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In a rare set-up where educators sit down to listen to lectures, disaster preparedness experts from the Department of Science and Technology discussed the science of weather and geological hazards to DepEd officials and staff.

This happened in the recent “Iba na ang Panahon: Science for Safer Communities” forum at the Department of Education Central Office in Pasig City.

The Philippines has been prone to many natural calamities, experts told the educators, but casualties and damage of properties can be minimized or avoided if people know how to prepare for disasters.

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Thanks to the assistance of the Department of Science and Technology-Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI), Alan B. Lastimosa and his wife Wellcie, owners of A&S Handcrafted Arts, are confident that they will be able to fulfill their clients’ purchase orders on time.

Their company recently received P618,554 under DOST-TAPI’s Venture Financing Program-Purchase Order Financing Facility which provides funding assistance to qualified Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises for the purchase of raw materials needed to meet their customers’ orders.

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Now people can understand storm surge warnings better with the new color-coded warning system launched during the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (DOST-PAGASA) 150th anniversary celebration recently.

The new storm surge warning system, a shift from a general weather forecast to impact-based storm surge forecast and warning, stresses the threats posed by the coming storm surge and safety measures to be done by affected communities.