PH Embassy in Brunei Promotes DOST’s OneLab Project

Philippine Embassy in Brunei Darussalam Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) Pete Raymond V. Delfin informs officials from the Department of Scientific Services of the Brunei Ministry of Health regarding the OneLab Project. (Brunei PE photo)       

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 30 October 2018 — The Philippines promoted the Philippine Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) “Enhancing OneLab for Global Competitiveness” or the OneLab Project, and the proposed visit by DOST officials to Brunei in November of this year to present said initiative in its meeting with the country’s Ministry of Health (MoH) officials on 08 October 2018. 

Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Pete Raymond V. Delfin met with MoH Acting Director of Department of Scientific Services (DSS) Hjh Rahimah binti Haji Hanafi and DSS Scientific Officer (Food Chemistry Section) Nur Nisrinah Hj Awg Yusof to discuss these initiatives.

The DOST’s OneLab Project aims to address the testing and analysis needs of clients through a single touchpoint. Since there is no single laboratory in the Philippines which is capable to perform all kinds of tests, OneLab has made it possible to have samples and tests referred to its network of laboratories.

To date, 39 local laboratories and three international laboratories in Thailand and Vietnam are members of the network.

Chargé d’Affaires Delfin conveyed DOST’s intention to invite a halal laboratory in Brunei to be part of its OneLab network. The Halal Laboratory is envisioned to accept test referrals from the Philippines specifically on halal testing, and perform said test according to the turnover time agreed with clients. In return, OneLab will promote the services of Brunei’s halal laboratory in the Philippines and its partner international laboratories.

The MoH officials welcomed DOST’s OneLab proposal, and expressed their willingness to meet DOST’s representatives tentatively on 12 November 2018.

Chargé d’Affaires Delfin took note of the feedback from MoH officials and remarked that this will be conveyed to DOST accordingly. He expressed his appreciation to Director Rahimah and Scientific Officer Nur Nisrinah for the fruitful meeting at MoH-DSS. END

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Philippine Embassy in Brunei Darussalam Chargé d’Affaires Pete Raymond V. Delfin (rightmost) with Ministry of Health’s Acting Director of Department of Scientific Services (DSS) Hjh Rahimah binti Haji Hanafi (center) and DSS Scientific Officer (Food Chemistry Section) Nur Nisrinah Hj Awg Yusof pose for a group photo following their meeting at DSS-MoH on 08 October 2018. (Brunei PE photo)