INSPIRED by the recently produced institutional jingle of the Department of Science and Technology-Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DoST-TAPI), “Makabagong Pilipino,” the Institute, through its Corporate Communication Unit, pushes for DoST-TAPI’s advocacy.

Turning the jingle into a campaign, it features success stories and accomplishments of the Institute’s stakeholders in science, technology and innovation despite the challenging times.

“Makabagong Pilipino” made its debut with Jeremy de Leon, chief executive officer and founder of JereMAKE, home of the Make-roscope keychains.

Make-roscope is made out of a microscope lens shrunk to the size of a keychain, and is one of the many funded technologies and innovations of DoST-TAPI.

This was followed by the 2021 Science Youth Fest Ambassador, Arnold Janssen Gallardo, an outstanding student from San Beda College Alabang who excels in mathematics and science, and dreams of serving the people as a medical doctor.

Recently, Cropital joined the seriesin June where Ruel Amparo, founder and CEO was introduced.

“Cropital is an organization that supports some smallholder farmers in both financing and marketing. From the name itself, it’s a combination of crop and capital. So really, our root problem that we’re trying to solve is financing for smallholder farmers,” Amparo said.

To learn more about De Leon, Gallardo and Amparo, catch them on the “Makabagong Pilipino” series at the DoST-TAPI’s Facebook page, where a new episode is posted every Thursday.

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