Ovitraps from DOST

Thru the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), 200,000 kits of mosquito ovicidal-larvicidal traps will be distributed next month in selected communities nationwide. This will help to destroy the population of dengue-carrying mosquitoes, which are…

Automatic Weather Stations

To boost the ability of the agency through the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to supervise local weather condition in a locality that will give more precise and consistent forecast and warnings,…

DTI’s Bagwis Program

Central Luzon topped in the implementation of the Department of Trade and Industry’s “Bagwis” program. The National Capital Region is in the first place having many Gold awards since 2006. The Bagwis program has a…

Honey Bee Farming

In Alabang we can see the skyscrapers, big malls and busy viable centers. In a backyard of a small house in a high village is a wood of trees and flowering plants, this is where…

The Green Charcoal from a Filipino Entomologist

Gonzalo Catan, a Seventy-year-old Filipino entomologist, is endorsing the use of unnecessary plant wastes as an efficient and green fuel source. Catan, the Executive Vice President of Mapecon Philippines Inc., stated that the green charcoal…

Earn More in Seaweed Farming

In October 2009, seaweed farming started in Lanao del Norte, and it is becoming popular. Many market scenes are now paying attention to seaweed farming because it gives supplemental earnings to the local communities of…

Herbal Mosquito Repellent

A mosquito repellent lotion from the leaves of atis (sweet sop) was invented by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD). PCHRD is one of the five sectoral councils of the Department of…

Nutritional Value Of Watermelon

Watermelon contains 92 percent water and most people are not aware that watermelon contains more for nutrition. The Department of Science and Technology’s (DoST’s) Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) proved that watermelon is a…

Traveling Science Centrum

The Provincial Science and Technology Centers (PSTC) advised the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Calabarzon to give importance to the improvement of science education by increasing its public awareness and popularization. PSTC Batangas also…

Durian and Mangosteen Processing Technologies

As durian and mangosteen continually to be on the rise in Davao, the call for processing technologies also increases. And to address the said issue, Department of Science and Technology Regional Office No. XI (DOST…