Page 15 - Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

(Photo via Charissa Luci-Atienza / MANILA BULLETIN) The one-day training-workshop was given to officers and members of Basilan Ulama Supreme Council (BUSC) on April 5 at Ulama Village, Sumagdang, Isabela City, Basilan Province. The BUSC, a non-government religious organization of Ulama (Islamic scholar) and professionals, is seeking to become a halal certifying body (HCB).   The DOST Region XI said the training-workshop zeroed in on halal audit, certification process and the agency’s assistance for halal development with Nuhman M. Aljani, DOST focal person on halal and certified halal lead...

(Pixabay) DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said the agency’s science and technology (S&T) aid has been extended to Mahinog Cacao Producers Group (MCPG) in Mahinog, Camiguin. “The MCPG is composed of 25 farmers, majority of whom are senior citizens. It established the J and R Tablea Products, producing cacao beans and tablea as a source of living for its farmer-members,” he said in a report.  He said in March this year, the DOST Region X provided assistance worth P479,570 to the MCPG for the procurement  of an industrial multipurpose cacao cracker/dehuller winnower and a cacao coll...

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. (Con...

(Unsplash) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the provision of funding was made possible through the agency’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP). “The DOST-1 through the SETUP Program assisted ModulHaus Incorporated of Agoo, La Union to produce its first batch of surgical masks through its innovative start-up project,” he said in a report. He said the project was funded through SETUP, considering that it “is an innovative project and a considerable COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) initiative.” De la Peña said the P5-million project fund was used...

Photo by Alexandre Brondino on Unsplash. The DOST IX reported that the Molave Agri Industrial Technology Inc. (MAITI) received assistance worth ₱2,052,000.00 through the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP). The assistance is expected to increase production capacity by 50 percent, enabling MAITI to keep up with the market, and improve product quality through the upgraded chocolate tempering machine, it said. The upgraded chocolate tempering machine will be used to reduce the size of chocolate particles from 20 microns to 15 to 10 microns. “Increased refinement results in ...