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DOST III assists senior citizens in Pura, Tarlac

Details: Category: News; Published: 23 September 2021; Hits: 43

Author: Rainer T. Diaz, PA-I, PSTC-Tarlac

(from left to right) Mr. Feliciano C. Lambus, President - FSCAP-Pura, Hon. Freddie D. Domingo, Mayor – Municipality of Pura, Ms. Karen Y. Dañez, Provincial Director – PSTC Tarlac

The Department of Science and Technology Region III through its Provincial S&T Center in Tarlac has entered into a memorandum of agreement with the local government unit of Pura for the establishment of a food supplement processing center to benefit mainly the town’s senior citizens.

Locally planted turmeric and moringa or malunggay plants will be used in the center which will be operated by the Pura chapter of the Federation of Senior Citizens of the Philippines or FSCAP.

A series of capacity building seminars will be held for the members of the association especially on production to make sure that products conform with FDA standards. A local food supplement manufacturer has been tapped to conduct the trainings.

KABUHAYAN: DOST III SETUP Assistance to Inventor Turned Entrepreneur

Details: Category: News; Published: 23 September 2021; Hits: 32

Author: Amiel T. Carreon, SRS-I, DOST3

Strengthening the INNOVATION system of our country is the main focus of the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP). It provides technological interventions to improve productivity and efficiency of the enterprises.

In early 3rd quarter of the year, the DOST3 approved the SETUP project proposal entitled: “Upgrading the Processing Capabilities of Oral Educational Distributor thru the Adoption of Appropriate Technologies”. Through the SETUP Innovation Enabling Fund (iFUND), this tools and equipment fabricator in Apalit, Pampanga will be able to acquire various metal fabrication machines amounting to PhP 3 million in order to fast track mass production of its inventions such that it may reach the target Filipino communities and be relevant in the time of pandemic. The set of S&T interventions consist of 1 unit each of Hydraulic Shearing Machine, Die Molds (for Tray and Frame), Spot Welding Machine, and Drill Press Machine.