Sec. Alabastro visits projects in Samar Provinces

The untiring Secretary, Dr. Estrella F. Alabastro, of DOST remarkably toured the entire island of Samar on August 13-15, 2009 in an effort to update herself of what DOST has done in this area. This visit is marked as the Region VIII leg of her countrywide project visits this year.

Sec. Alabastro maybe the first DOST Secretary to have visited in a single trip the projects in the provinces of Northern Samar, Samar (Western), and Eastern Samar. She scaled down urban areas, walk dirt roads, travelled bumpy streets, hiked hills, and even cross the seas through small boat, to reach DOST projects even in remote areas.