DOST announces 2009 PSHS qualifiers

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - The Department of Science and Technology, through its Philippine Science High School System, released the list of principal qualifiers of the 2009 PSHS System National Competitive Examination held on November 15, 2008.

Thelma Diego, designated information officer of DOST 9 based here, said a total of 24 graduating elementary students from the Zamboanga Peninsula region qualified for the PSHS Scholarship.
The qualifiers will either go to Philippine Science High School Main Campus in Diliman, Quezon City, or at its Central Mindanao Campus in Lala, Lanao del Norte, according to Diego.

Of the qualifiers, seven come from Zamboanga City, four from Pagadian City, eight from Dipolog City, three from Zamboanga del Sur (ZDS), one from Zamboanga Sibugay Province (ZSP), and one from Isabela City, Basilan, she said.

The successful qualifiers are: (1) Albarico, Dyzza Lei Limbaga (ZDS), (2) Aleman, Ron Andrew Potestas (ZDS); (3) Alonso, Deo Al Patrick Tapayan (Dipolog), (4) Cabrestante, Nikko Herrero (Pagadian), (5) Cabual, Paul Cariaga (Pagadian), (6) Cadalin, Kent Elmann Reyes (ZSP), (7) Carvajal, Jainese Van Napal (Isabela), (8) Cuyugan, Angelie Lim (Zamboanga), (9) Daaron, Jezreel Grace Tianco (Dipolog), (10) Edquila, Karl Michael Valleja (Dipolog).

And (11) Flores, Karl Andri Tampus (ZDS), (12) Gonzales, Angelo Salvador (Zamboanga), (13) Lorenzo, Nicolas Kintanar (Zamboanga), (14) Lucasan, RJ Arne Raf Dagayluan (Dipolog), (15) Rivera, Youssef Rafaello Natividad (Zamboanga), (16) Romero, Butch Derrick Penales (Dipolog), (17) Ruda, Archie Gomera (Dipolog), (18) Saldua, Xiarah Niña Banggos (Pagadian), (19) Sareno, Mika Angela Cuenca (Dipolog), (20) Sy, Wie Lang Evardo (Dipolog), (21) Tan, Justin Ryan Ong (Zamboanga), (22) Tarro, Christell Joy Paragas (Zamboanga), (23) Virata, Myrtle Anne Faye Napao (Pagadian), and (24) Wee, Christian Vince Basilio (Zamboanga).

The Philippine Science High School was created for the purpose of giving education highly enriched in science and mathematics to exceptionally gifted Filipino children.
Established in 1963, the school has grown into eight campuses in different locations in the Philippines.

It is an attached agency of the Department of Science and Technology. (Allan Carlos/Peninsula Media Network)

Veteran journalist Juan L. Mercado Gets DOST Award

Mindanao Examiner and Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Juan L. Mercado receives the “50 Men and Women of Science” award from Secretary Estrella Alabastro and her staff at Manila Hotel ceremonies. The awards formed part of the Department of Science and Technology rites to mark its golden anniversary.

DOST selected 50 men and women who made significant contributions to the development of science and technology in research, education, communication. Others journalists and educators who received the award along with Mercado were the late Jose Burgos Jr, Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Queena Lee Chua, Ateneo University’s Bienvenido Nebres, SJ, marine biologist Angel Alcala of Silliman University, economist Arsenio Balisacan of UP and mangrove scientist Jurgenne Primavera. (Mindanao Examiner)

RP Halal Program Gets Big Support

Themed "The Halal Market - The Best Market Place for Mindanao Economic Growth," the Department of Science and Technology in Region 12 opens a two-day program for the development of the halal industry in the Philippines and launches its 1st National Halal Forum at the Phela Grande Convention Center in General Santos City on February 29, 2008.
Government officials from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Thailand, Malaysia and representatives from different national agencies join DOST-ARMM Secretary Macacuna Pangandaman (left); DOST Under Secretary for Research and Development Graciano P. Yumul Jr.(2nd from left); Chairman of the National Halal Forum and DOST-XII Regional Director Dr Haja Bai Sittie Shayma Zenaida P. Hajiraof-Laidan (center) during the cutting of the ribbon.
The Halal Science Technology and Innovation of the Philippines will enter into $600 billion halal market program for the development of the industry in the country.

(Mindanao Examiner Photo/Mark Navales)