Imagine life’s possibilities with SAMSUNG Digital Appliances

Appliances have been an integral component of households for many years. We rely on them to meet our everyday needs, from keeping our living spaces comfortable and clean to ensuring we have tidy clothes to wear and fresh food on our tables. Now, Samsung Digital Appliances, a world leader in technology and innovation, goes beyond the basics and introduces a whole new dimension of function and care from these trusted devices. 

“At Samsung, our goal is to provide not just tools that help homemakers carry out chores but home partners that elevate their quality of life,” says Ann Dy, Marketing Manager for Samsung Digital Appliances. “We want to offer meaningful solutions to the evolving needs of our consumers and their families.”

This insight is evident in the tech giant’s portfolio of home appliances. Equipped with superior technologies and state-of-the-art features, Samsung Digital Appliances deliver more than just a great user experience; they make room for life experiences.

“Beyond fulfilling your household duties, it’s about having time for moments that truly matter,” says Dy. “You can certainly express your love for your family by cooking for them and washing their clothes, but nothing can replace quality family time. Samsung Digital Appliances are engineered to help you do all that and more.”

The brand invites consumers to imagine these possibilities through a series of ads that depict the wonderful moments enabled by its products, as seen through the eyes of a child.

“Children have a natural sense of wonder. They look at you and believe there’s nothing you can’t do,” says Dy. “We at Samsung want to empower consumers to believe this is possible, too. Samsung Digital Appliances are here to help them achieve a more balanced life, so they can do more for their loved ones.”

The smart devices are designed to address common challenges faced by homemakers—like having to run multiple wash cycles for different clothes items and taking back-and-forth trips to the supermarket to get fresh ingredients—without compromising quality.

They are built to perform with maximum efficiency, so users can focus less on the house work and more on creating meaningful moments with their families. With Samsung Digital Appliances, no amount of chores will come between you and your loved ones, especially the kids, ever again. You can prepare delicious and nutritious meals every day, keep their favorite toys perpetually clean, their clothes ready to wear, and still have time to play with them without breaking a sweat.

To get a preview of these possibilities, check out the brand’s latest ad at https://www.facebook.com/SamsungPH/videos/1907807079306228/. And to create these special moments in your own home, find out how and where to get your very own Samsung Digital Appliances at http://www.samsung.com/ph/home-appliances. 

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The Search is on "Bantog" the Science for the People Media Awards

BANTOG AWARDS

The Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII), the information arm of the Department of Science and Technology, aims to strengthen its partnership with the media through the recognition of the media's contributions in the promotion of science and technology information either as an individual or as an institution, whether public or private sector. DOST-STII also acknowledges the significant role of DOST regional information officers in helping achieve the Department's thrust of promoting S&T information and bringing science for the people.

Bantog: The Science for the People Media Awards is given in recognition for the important role of media practitioners (print, radio, TV, and online), in government and private practice, who made significant contributions to the promotion of science and technology information.

CATEGORIES

Bantog has four categories. The Institutional Media Award is given to an institution or organization that has served as a vital link between the science and technology (S&T) sectors and its clients through informative advocacy. Meanwhile, the Outstanding S&T Journalist Award is given to an individual media practitioner who has been an ardent advocate of science and technology whether in print, broadcast or online. Further, the Outstanding Regional Media Practitioner Awardis given to an enthusiastic regional media personality who has shown strong support in promoting science and technology information. Finally, the Outstanding Information Officer Award is given to exemplary information officers in DOST working in the area of communication production and dissemination.

GUIDELINES

Nominees should be Filipinos or Filipino-owned media companies which have broadcast and published S&T information in January 2017-March 2018. Nominees for individual practitioners from print, broadcast, and online media shall be judged according to substance, form, style, relevance of works and additional requirements by the board of judges. Meanwhile, nominees for institutional awards shall be judged according to innovativeness, relevance, and commitment to S&T reportage. The DOST Information Officer Award shall be based on his/her accomplishments in print, broadcast, online media, and public relations.

PRIZES

All Bantog awardees shall receive trophies while the individual category winners shall receive additional cash prizes. The Outstanding S&T Journalists for online, print, radio, and TV will all take home P100,000; P50,000; and P25,000 for the first, second, and third prizes respectively. The sole winner of Outstanding Regional Media Practitioner will receive P50,000 and the Outstanding DOST Information Officers will get P30,000; P20,000; and P10,000.

NOMINATION PROCESS
Candidates can either apply or be nominated with the following requirements to Public Affairs Unit, CRPD, STII Building, DOST Complex, Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila, on or before April 30, 2018:

1. Fully accomplished nomination form

2. Comprehensive bio-data

3. Copies of published write-ups, articles or programs on S&T.

Please submit seven (7) copies of the said requirements for each entry.

For queries and further information on Bantog Awards, please contact STII Public Affairs Unit at doststiipr@gmail.com or call (02) 837-2071 local 2146 or mobile no. 09493039998 and look for Ms. Ma. Lilibeth P. Padilla.

Source: http://www.stii.dost.gov.ph/786-the-search-is-on-bantog-the-science-for-the-people-media-awards

DOST-SEI extends scholarship aid to Marawi's STEM students

Helping Marawi rebuild. DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña leads in the signing of the memorandum of agreement with MSU System President, Dr. Habib W. Macaayong (second to right), and MSU-IIT Chancellor, Dr. Sukarno D. Tanggo (leftmost), for the implementation of the DOST Bangon Marawi Program in Science and Technology Human Resource Development, which will provide scholarships to students enrolled in STEM courses who were affected by the Marawi siege. The ceremony was held last January 26 in Iligan City.

When Nestor Acala decided to head back home to Marawi after completing his Doctorate in Mathematics as a scholar of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), he was full of hope for his would-be students at the Mindanao State University (MSU) – Marawi Campus.

However, the siege that began in May of 2017 and lasted five months left severe damages that have taken aback thousands of lives in the area. Acala and his students, for one, had to put their respective growths on hold at the onset of the war. What was supposed to be a time for moving up turned into chaos in an instant.

The war is over and the rebuilding begins for Acala and his people. Thankfully, the government's Bangon Marawi Comprehensive Recovery, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program is going full swing to help rehabilitate infrastructures and restore peace and order in the city. In support of this national program, DOST through the Science Education Institute (SEI) is initiating DOST Bangon Marawi Program in Science and Technology Human Resource Development (STHRD) as an educational assistance strategy for students affected by the conflict.

Seen as a "long-term and sustainable solution" to uplift the lives of Marawi residents, the specialized program seeks to assist displaced students enrolled in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses at MSU Marawi as well as open opportunities for local S&T professionals to pursue advance degrees.

"With the heightened need to help rebuild Marawi and the greater Mindanao area, we shall provide opportunities for our children to continue their tertiary studies in STEM and achieve a future that is far removed from the effects of the war," said DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña before officials and students of MSU Marawi and Iligan campuses during the program launch held last 26 January.

He said the project is designed to help restore and rehabilitate the city's human and social infrastructures, especially in the S&T sector.

The DOST Bangon Marawi Program in STHRD has two scholarship components, namely, Sagip Mag-aaral, which is meant for third, fourth, or fifth year students enrolled in STEM courses at MSU Marawi; and Graduate Scholarships, which shall offer full-time and part-time programs for Master's and Doctorate studies. The Program assigns 225 slots for the undergraduate courses and 30—20 for MS and 10 Ph.D.—for graduate degrees.

SEI Director, Dr. Josette Biyo, said the slots would follow the same list of priority degrees for its regular undergraduate scholarship programs as well as the same financial benefits.

"We feel that helping students get back to the university to pursue the dreams they had before the war will provide a more lasting impact to their lives and to the whole city—much like what Nestor had experienced when he was our scholar from his bachelor's to his doctorate degrees," Biyo said.

Other key components of the DOST-SEI's initiative include the implementation of the Patriot Project, which, according to Biyo is, designed to "inculcate a deeper love for the country among the scholars," and the S&T Learning Assistance Program (STLAP) that focuses on capability development trainings and establishment of a Learning Resource Center at MSU Marawi.

"This is a comprehensive program that can help Marawi Cty bounce back, but the DOST correspondingly looks at this as concrete way to boost the S&T human resources of the whole archipelago. We hope that this sparks the rebuilding of Marawi and of the nation as a whole," de la Peña disclosed. (30)

Source: http://www.sei.dost.gov.ph/index.php/news-archive/213-dost-sei-extends-scholarship-aid-to-marawi-s-stem-students