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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Company to help Filipino internet users in the country towards more secure, efficient, and faster access to various government websites. The signing was held last September 07, 2015 at Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Office in Diliman, Quezon City.

Said  MoA defines the establishment of the fiber optic facilities that will link PLDT to the Philippine Open Internet Exchange (PHOpenIX) which is being operated by DOST’s Advance Science and Technology Institute (ASTI).

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Academician Carmencita D. Padilla renewed her call for the passage of the rare diseases bill duringthe Science Legislative Forum organized by Department of Science and Technology-National Academy of Science and Technology (DOST-NAST) held recently at the Philippine International Convention Center.

Rare diseases are debilitating or life-threatening disorders that affect only a small segment of the population.  An estimated 6,000 to 10,000 people in the Philippines are afflicted with a rare disease, most of them children.

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Some 79 provinces will be hit by El Niño before 2015 ends, according to Sec. Mario G. Montejo of the Department of Science and Technology.

“The El Niño phenomenon will be at its worst this year, worse (El Niño) since 1997,” Sec.Montejo announced at Ozamiz City during the first step of the Science Nation Tour in Northern Mindanaolast Aug 20.