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Happy 80th birthday to Manlilikha ng Bayan Alonzo Saclag! (August 4, 1942) Alonzo SaclagMusician and DancerKalingaLubuagan, Kalinga Alonzo Saclag is a Kalinga master of dance and the performing arts, he has made it his mission to create and nurture a greater consciousness and appreciation of Kalinga culture, among the Kalinga themselves and beyond their borders. … Read more
Happy birthday to Academician Edward H.M. Wang! (August 3) Dr. Wang is recognized for his significant contributions as a researcher, clinician, mentor, and scientist specifically for his extensive research in musculoskeletal tumors in the Philippines and for establishing the life-saving treatment and that limb saving is possible in a state-subsidized hospital for bone and tissue … Read more
DOF to lead Agus-Pulangi Hydropower Plant Rehab The rehabilitation aims to ensure the reliability of the power supply in Mindanao and accelerate the Philippines’ shift to clean energy sources. The Department of Finance is now finetuning a proposed arrangement on the funding rollout and implementation of the Agus-Pulangi Hydropower Plant Complex (APHPC) rehabilitation projects in … Read more
Leaders of the House of Representatives in the 19th Congress Speaker: Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez Senior Deputy Speaker: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Deputy Speaker:Isidro T. UngabRoberto V. Puno Raymund Democrito C. MendozaKristine Singson-MeehanCamille A. VillarRalph G. RectoVincent Franco “Duke” D. FrascoAurelio “Dong” D. Gonzales Jr. Majority Leader: Manuel Jose “Mannix” M. Dalipe Minority Leader: Marcelino C. Libanan … Read more
Happy birthday to Corresponding Member Alfonso M. Albano! Dr. Albano is recognized for his exemplary contributions in laying the theoretical foundation for the description of transport processes through and along the dividing surface between two dissimilar media and the development and refinement of computational techniques for the analysis of data from complex systems. This has … Read more