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                    [Title] => Vitamin-fortified beer, lagundi lollipop, anyone?
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Necessity may be the mother of invention, but Filipino inventors know how to bring fun into the process.


A beer fortified with all the B vitamins, an electric meter that uses a prepaid phone card and a cough-easing lollipop made of lagundi leaves dubbed "Lolligundi" were among 99 local inventions showcased yesterday at the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) in Pasay City during the celebration of National Inventors Week (NIW).
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DOST Assistant Secretary for technology transfer and research and development Ma. Lourdes Orijola said many Filipino inventions are not properly commercialized because they are not shared with investors.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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Necessity may be the mother of invention, but Filipino inventors know how to bring fun into the process.


A beer fortified with all the B vitamins, an electric meter that uses a prepaid phone card and a cough-easing lollipop made of lagundi leaves dubbed "Lolligundi" were among 99 local inventions showcased yesterday at the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) in Pasay City during the celebration of National Inventors Week (NIW).
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 306629 [Title] => DOST says RP not lacking in inventors [Summary] => The Philippines does not lack inventors but many of them are not open to partnering with businessmen, hampering the success of their products, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said.

DOST Assistant Secretary for technology transfer and research and development Ma. Lourdes Orijola said many Filipino inventions are not properly commercialized because they are not shared with investors.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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