Far-flung barangays in Janiuay, Iloilo to benefit DOST’s 1.4M community project

Far-flung barangays in Janiuay, Iloilo to benefit DOST’s 1.4M community project A first-class municipality and 33 kilometers away from Iloilo City, some of the far-flung communities in Janiuay, Iloilo encounter insurgencies, internal disturbances, and tensions brought about by broader social and economic problems. Brgy. Poblacion, Brgy. Canawili, and Brgy. Atimonan – these communities have been
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Medical collaborators “receptive” to support DOST’s Balik Scientist feasibility study of genetic tech in WV

As a developing country with more than 110 million population, the Philippines records various diseases including communicable and noncommunicable which account for more than 300,000 deaths per year, according to the World Health Organization. This creates a need to establish a biobank center, Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS), and Phenome-wide Association Studies (PheWAS). With the challenges
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DOST aids tech upgrading of handloom weaving, food processing projects in Iloilo

The municipalities of Janiuay and San Enrique in Iloilo continue to show great potential in promoting livelihood projects in their communities. The Tuburan Abacca Handicraft Association (TAHA) of Janiuay, Iloilo, and Agutayan Cubay Agrarian Reform Cooperative (ACARCO) of San Enrique are beneficiaries of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) under its Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
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11.7M gov’t assistance to support study of “spirulina” as health supplement

With support from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region VI, the Applied Research and Innovation Laboratory (ARIL), an industry-based research facility with the funding support of P11.7M from DOST-Business Innovation through Science and Technology (BIST) Program, completed the pilot-scale of producing Spirulina tablet and caplet. Grows in both fresh and saltwater, Spirulina is
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1.4M CEST project to empower conflict-affected community in Aklan

As the country is considered to be a natural disaster-prone with a high incidence of poverty, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region VI answers the call to address the issues with proper application of science and technology-based interventions to a conflict-affected community in Ibajay, Aklan. Through the department’s Community Empowerment thru Science and
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