As an agency that promotes women empowerment, the Department of Science and Technology VI (DOST VI) along with its six (6) Provincial S&T Offices (PSTOs) joins the 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC) with the theme, “WE are all for Gender Equality, WE are all for an inclusive society”. The DOST VI GAD Program led
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DOST Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. together with DOST VI Regional Director Engr. Rowen R. Gelonga and DOST Aklan Provincial Director Dyna Rose G. Tibubos visits Filbake Food Corporation (FFC) in Kalibo, Aklan. Sec. Solidum looked into FFC’s operations and discuss the various assistance that DOST has provided to the firm during the visit. Representing
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The Department of Science and Technology VI (DOST VI) through its Provincial Science and Technology Offices (PSTOs) in Aklan, Antique, Iloilo and Negros Occidental assists 4 local products through packaging and labeling assistance. The products provided with assistance are produced by community beneficiaries under DOST’s Community Empowerment thru Science and Technology (CEST) Program. These are
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Yanah Crafts Global Trading based in Malinao, Aklan avails of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) fund assistance through the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program 4.0 Innovation-Enabling Fund (SETUP 4.0-iFund). Yanah Crafts manufactures abaca- and raffia-based products like fibers, hats, bags and slippers. Through SETUP 4.0-iFund, Yanah Crafts aims to scale up production by
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The core team of the Safe, Swift and Smart Passage or S-PaSS Travel Management System is declared as the regional winner of the Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award. Receiving the award are members, namely, Engr. Rowen R. Gelonga, DOST VI Regional Director, Mr. Garry T. Balinon, DOST VI Management Information Systems Unit
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Two of the top food manufacturers in Aklan, namely, Jocyl’s Food Products and Sunshine’s Breadmart, avail of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) consultancy program on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point or HACCP. The firms requested the HACCP consultancy in view of their expanding market and the need to further improve their food management
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Guimaras State University’s (GSU) prototype research vessel named Voyager was set afloat during a soft launching activity held at MacArthur’s Wharf, Buenavista, Guimaras. Hon. J. Prospero E. De Vera III, Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and also the Chairperson of the GSU Board of Regents, attended the activity. Also present were Buenavista,
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ISLA TBI or the Guimaras State University (GSU) – Technology Business Incubator was recently launched to strengthen the innovation ecosystem, particularly for startup businesses in the province. The establishment of the hub is a joint effort by GSU and the Department of Science and Technology VI (DOST VI) with support from the Iloilo Science Technology
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The Alangan United Farmers’ Association (Alangan UFA) in Sibalom, Antique was granted 1 unit 4-wheeled tractor through a project by the Department of Science and Technology VI (DOST VI) and the University of Antique (UA). A turn-over ceremony was recently held in Brgy. Alangan. In attendance were Engr. Eleazer Salvador T. Moscoso, DOST Antique Provincial
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