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The National Science and Technology Week (NSTW), an annual celebration of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), focuses on how developments in science, technology, and innovations will help achieve the Philippines’ commitment to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

For decades, the Philippines has depended on imported materials to make its own paper money. Now the promising result of a research conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) shows that the Philippines can already produce its own paper money.

The Philippines is among the fastest worldwide in terms of increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases. Lack of awareness on HIV and AIDS prevention and transmission appears to be the main reason of this increase.