National Invention Contest Week. Department of Science and Technology Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro (2nd from left) looks intently at a demonstration of an invention following the opening of the National Invention Contest and Exhibits 2009 (NICE) at the Philippine Trade and Training Center, Pasay City. The annual celebration is in support of RA 7459 which aims to prop up local inventions and inventors through a national invention contest. Others in the photo are DOST Assistant Secretary Mario P. Bravo (3rd from left) and Manila 6th Dist. Representative Bienvenido M. Abante, Jr. [Joy M. Lazcano, S&T Media Service]
