The DOST-NCR, through Regional Director Jose B. Patalinjug III (left), approves the first project for the Innovation Funding Phase of the Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines (iFWD PH) Program. Having completed Phase 1 or the Capability Building for the Development and Management of Technology-Based Enterprise of the iFWD PH, former overseas Filipino worker from Cambodia, Mr. Ruel Bermudez (2nd from left) establishes the Bermudez Software Development Service, which will develop web-based information technology solutions, one of which is the eBarangayPH System. (Contributed photo)
QUEZON CITY, April 8 (PIA) Amid the pandemic, through the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST’s) iFWD PH: Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines program, DOST-NCR under the leadership of DOST-NCR Jose B. Patalinjug III, provides innovation funding support to Bermudez Software Development Services, managed by former overseas Filipino worker
QUEZON CITY, Mar. 17 Sharing the commitment to support innovative startups as a way to boost national socioeconomic development, especially at this time when the government moves towards the new normal, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has joined hands with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to work together and help Filipino innovative startups get their bearings.
This multi-agency collaboration is expected to be sealed via virtual presser on 22 March 2021 at 3:00PM through an official signing of the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) by the three Department Secretaries: Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña of the DOST, Secretary Gregorio B. Honasan II of the DICT, and Secretary Ramon M. Lopez of the DTI. The virtual signing can be viewed live at the DOST-Philippines Facebook page.