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                    [Title] => In honor of Ramon Magsaysay awardees among NAST members
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Today, we honor three Academicians and two National Scientists (one posthumously) who have received the Ramon Magsaysay Awards.

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IRRI director general Dr. William Padolina said about 50 percent of the research center’s operations have been paralyzed as many of its personnel are laid off from their jobs.
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Local scientists from the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) still support that biotechnology must be considered a positive societal tool rather than a cruel curse.

This amidst criticisms of some groups that biotechnology, or the application of scientific and engineering principles to material processes by biological manipulation, is an infamous cancer-causing progeny of science that must be phased out immediately.

"It (biotechnology) is a tool for development," said Dr. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

DR. WILLIAM PADOLINA
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Today, we honor three Academicians and two National Scientists (one posthumously) who have received the Ramon Magsaysay Awards.

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[DatePublished] => 2002-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181014 [Title] => IRRI satellites face closure due to lack of funds [Summary] => The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is subsisting on a drastically reduced budget of $24-million this year, from $32 million after its major donor, Japan withdrew its support for the agency.

IRRI director general Dr. William Padolina said about 50 percent of the research center’s operations have been paralyzed as many of its personnel are laid off from their jobs.
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Local scientists from the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) still support that biotechnology must be considered a positive societal tool rather than a cruel curse.

This amidst criticisms of some groups that biotechnology, or the application of scientific and engineering principles to material processes by biological manipulation, is an infamous cancer-causing progeny of science that must be phased out immediately.

"It (biotechnology) is a tool for development," said Dr. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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