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The DOST Advanced Science and Technology Institute is a research and development organization based in the Quezon City, Philippines. It is one of the research and development institutes of the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippine government.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, proposals have been made to set up a virology research facility in the country.The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), headed by Secretary Fortunato de la Peña, announced in May 2020 that the science agency submitted a proposal to establish the Virology Institute of the Philippines, which is meant to conduct research on viruses ...
The Philippine Genome Center was established as a collaboration between the University of the Philippines and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). [1] It was first conceptualized in 2009 in response to the SARS outbreak which affected Hong Kong, the dengue outbreaks which affecting the Philippines, and the then-ongoing H1N1 flu pandemic which originated in Mexico.
The DOST was formed as the National Science Development Board on January 30, 1957, during the administration of President Carlos P. Garcia. [2] The science body was formed as a result of a law passed in the Congress upon the recommendation of Dr. Frank Co Tui, who was tasked by Garcia to conduct a survey regarding the state of science and technology in the country.
The Philippine Earth Data Resource and Observation Center, also known as the PEDRO Center is an organization tasked in operating satellite ground stations.. It is part of the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Micro-satellite (Phil-Microsat) program by the Department of Science and Technology, which includes the deployment of the Diwata-1 and Diwata-2 microsatellites. [1]
The Department of Transportation (DOTr; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Transportasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic progress.
A 465 meters (1,526 ft) prototype elevated line, which ran from CP Garcia Street to Jacinto Street near the College of Fine Arts was first established within the University of the Philippines Diliman campus in Quezon City. The first test run for the AGTS was made at this line on December 14, 2012.
It is currently located inside the campus of Naval State University, PI Garcia St., Naval, Biliran, Philippines. The PSTC was created by virtue of Republic Act 6959. [ 1 ] " AN ACT ESTABLISHING PROVINCIAL CENTERS FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ALL PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE" signed by then President Corazon C ...