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                    [Title] => DIY shelters put up for Yolanda survivors
                    [Summary] => 

The Forest Products Research and Development Institute has developed a do-it-yourself bamboo shelter project to help address the lack of shelter among the survivors of typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-17 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1500514 [Title] => Biotechnology helps poor man’s crop [Summary] =>

Biotechnology is helping revive declining abaca farms that would otherwise bring in dollar earnings.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-16 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1500515 [Title] => Alternative wood found for school chairs [Summary] =>

The Department of Science and Technology's Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) has found two tree species that produce light wood, gubas and falcata, which can be used as alternatives to build school armchairs normally made of lauan.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-16 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1288462 [Title] => Three outstanding Filipinos bag TOFIL 2013 Awards [Summary] =>

“What is a hero?” asked Insular Life chairman of the board and CEO Vicente Ayllon, during the recent awarding ceremony of The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Awards 2013 at the Insular Life Corporate Centre in Alabang, Muntinlupa City.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510464 [AuthorName] => May Serrano [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7861/a8im.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 924872 [Title] => DOST wood ID system vital in anti-logging campaign [Summary] =>

A unit of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has become a vital force in the country’s anti-illegal logging campaign with its development and operation of a wood identification (ID) system.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 750956 [Title] => Rescue rafts fortified [Summary] =>

Preparedness is the first line of defense against calamity.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 743582 [Title] => DOST, private firms developing wallpaper from water hyacinths [Summary] =>

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has partnered with private firms for the development of wallpaper from water hyacinths, which have been blamed for severe flooding in some parts of the country.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 695448 [Title] => DOST finds new raw materials for handicraft, furniture sectors [Summary] =>

The Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) recently announced the result of a study that provided raw materials alternatives for different industries in the Philippines, specifically in handicraft and furniture sectors.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 556746 [Title] => DOST says wood is 'greenest' building [Summary] =>

“Wood, as long as it comes from tree plantations and not from natural forests, is the greenest among the construction materials in the market.”

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 512918 [Title] => Calabarzon enterprises get technical support from DOST [Summary] =>

Private enterprises in the Calabarzon (Southern Tagalog) Region continue to benefit from technical and related assistance provided by the government through the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) ) )
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