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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 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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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.

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With an upcoming assistance from the Department of Science and Technology-Technology Application and Promotion Institute via the Department’s Venture Financing Program, entrepreneur Pawel P. Rafael, owner and manager of Millennium Toolings and Fabrication Services (MTFS), hopes to make a crack in his field of business.

Rafael’s hope is hinged on his recent signing of a memorandum of agreement with DOST-TAPI and DOST-CALABARZON early this month for the implementation of the Venture Financing Program that will provide his firm a financial assistance worth PhP 1,850,000 for the acquisition of a laser marking equipment.