As the government pushes for the modernization of public utility jeepneys (PUJs), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is asking the public to look into electricity and LPG-powered public utility jeepneys as viable alternatives to the traditional jeepney.
DOST is encouraging researchers and scientists to submit their proposals for 2025 via the DOST Project Management Information System from May 1 to May 31, 2023.
The government said it is considering the Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) system as a means to connect terminals 1 to 4 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
Project BUHAWI – short for “Building a Universal Mount for Heavy-Barrel Automated Weapon Integration” – is an automated gun mount for heavy barrel Browning 0.50 caliber machine guns on small Navy patrol craft. It was developed in 2019 by the DOST’s Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC).
Key to DOST's realignment of the government's economic agenda is the development of “an entrepreneurial mindset," according to DOST secretary Renato Solidum.
The Iloilo Ground Receiving Station (GRS), the most recent addition to the country's space infrastructure, has successfully communicated with the Diwata-2 microsatellite, thereby furthering the country's long-term objective of expanding its nascent space technology sector.
Eduksine is a social enterprise funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) that serves as a streaming platform to showcase educational and socially-relevant independent Filipino films.
Newly appointed Department of Science and Technology (DOST) secretary Renato Solidum Jr. assured the public that the current programs of the agency will be continued since they are already addressing the current administration’s priority concerns in pumping up the economy.
