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University of the Philippines-Visayas Political Science Professor Dr. Rosalie A. Hall is pushing for a review of the Philippine Water Code, among others. “Water is not a free good,” Dr. Hall said in her talk. Emphasizing that water is technically owned by the state, Dr. Hall said that people can use and and develop water resources through permits or concessions.

Among other things, the Water Code of the Philippines laid down the basic principles and framework relating to the appropriation, control and conservation of water resources.  This leads to the optimum development and rational use of these resources. This Code also defined the extent of the rights and obligations of water users.

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news-dost mosquito trap researchers bag dangal bayan award1-01262015

news-dost mosquito trap researchers bag dangal bayan award2-01262015  Researchers from the Department of Science and Technology – Industrial Technology Development Institute receive their prestigious award from Civil Service Chair Francisco T. Duque III (5th from left).  Proudly wearing their medals, the researchers are (from left) Maricar B. Carandang, Alicia G. Garbo, Annabelle V. Briones, Dr. Nuna E. Almanzor, Hermelina H. Bion and Josie L. Pondevida. Others in picture are Dr. Maria Luisa Salonga-Agamata (leftmost) and Comm. Robert S. Martinez (5th from left), both of the Civil Service Commission, and Tanodbayan Conchita Carpio-Morales (rightmost) of the Office of the Ombudsman.  Inset: The Ovicidal-Larvicidal trap system.

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Dr. Windell Rivera, associate professor of microbiology of the University of the Philippines, won this year’s Eusebio Y. Garcia Recognition Award for Molecular Biology and Molecular Pathologyby the National Research Council of the Philippines. (Photo by Henry de Leon, S&T Media Service)

Dr. Windell L. Rivera, associate professor of microbiology of the University of the Philippines(UP) Diliman, won the 2014 National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Eusebio Y. Garcia Recognition Award for Molecular Biology and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Rivera received the award during the NRCP’s “Symposium on Dengue Researches and 81st Founding Anniversary” held last month at the Bayleaf Hotel in Intramuros, Manila. This conferment also earned him the NRCP Medallion and Plaque of Excellenceand a cash prize of P25,000.

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Dr. Jaime C. Montoya, executive director of the Philippine Center for Health Research and Development (PCHRD-DOST), received the prestigious Career Executive Service award during the Annual CES Conference held at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel in November last year.

Dr. Montoya initiated the creation of the ASEAN-Network for Drugs, Diagnostics, and Vaccines Innovation (ASEAN-NDI) that enables R&D experts, government administrators and scientists in the region to work together to discover and develop health  technologies that will address health problems and push forward the health industry among the ASEAN member states. Said health technologies include diagnostic tools, strategies, drugs, traditional medicine, vaccines and functional tools.