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A hardworking researcher from Southern Philippines bagged the top plum in the recently concluded 3-Minute Pitch to Policymakers Competition held on 14 August 2020, for her entry on diabetes management.

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The long wait is finally over. The Philippines rose to rank 50th in the Global Innovation Index 2020, a symbol of hope for the country that is currently fighting the pandemic brought about by COVID-19.

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Rubber farmers in the municipality of Naga in Zamboanga Sibugay recently expressed their gratitude to the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) for creating new jobs and an extra source of income using a technology that brought back “life” to deadwood.

Thru the project "Processing and Utilization of Senile and Unproductive Rubberwood (Heveabrasiliensis) Trees for the Production of High-Value Furniture, Mouldings, and Joineries”, the farmers were able to convert senile rubberwood trees or deadwood into high-value products such as quality home and school furniture.