Idadaan sa digital art o ang paggamit ng internet sa makasining na paraan ang ginagawang pagsasaliksik ngayon ng National Research Council of the Philippines para sa Greater Awareness ng Publiko ukol sa Human Immuno Deficiency Virus o HIV at AIDS. Sa kabila ng aminado silang ang usapin ng AIDS at HIV ay isang usaping medikal, hayagan naman na ito rin ay isang usaping panlipunan na nakaka apekto sa produktibong pananaw ng sambayanan.

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Napag alamang sa kabila ng dunong at talino ng karamihan ng nahawaan ng nasabing sakit, malaking bahagi sa mga ito ay hindi nauunawaan ang nangyaring pagkahawa sa kanila. makikita ang bidyo ng panayam sa mga dalubhasang nagsilbing tagapagsalita sa nasabing pulong balitaan sa DZMJ Online Season 11 Episode 5 na ginanap sa Sulo Hotel, Quezon City na pinangunahan ng National research Council of the Philippines or NRCP, kasama ang Department of Science and Technology National Capital Region or DOST NCR, Technology Applications and Promotions Institute or TAPI and Philippine Council for Health Research and Development or PCHRD at National Academy of Science and Technology.

Samantalang nagsidalo naman sina: Dr. Brian S. Bantugan, NRCP Member in the Division of Humanities, a Research Director at the St. Paul’s University Manila, Dr, Marieta Banez Sumagaysay, the Executive Director of the NRCP and Dr. Arnel Salvador, NRCP Vice President and Chair of the Division of Physics.///Michael Balaguer, michaelbalaguer@diaryongtagalog.net

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PCAARRD Chief welcomes Joint RRDCC Reps

Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora, Acting Executive Director of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD), welcomed the participants of the Joint Regional Research and Development Coordinating Councils (RRDCC) Meeting.

Attended by Chairpersons, Consortium Directors, and PCAARRD Directorate, the meeting was held at the RD Guerrero Hall, DOST-PCAARRD Innovation and Technology Center on January 31, 2019.

The RRDCC is composed of the heads of the different consortia, each of which is dubbed as the PCAARRD in the regions. It is the policy-making body tasked to lay down polices and guidelines and approve long term consortium plans.

Ebora underscored the importance of partnership and collaboration between the Council and the RRDCC in reference to the letters P and C in the Council’s acronym, as he cited the importance of the meeting in being able to sustain what the RRDCC has accomplished in the past year.

“With this meeting, we hope that we will be able to launch programs that will not only be relevant to national programs but will also be relevant to the region,” Ebora said.

Ebora also challenged the RRDCC towards the crafting of plans and activities that are not routine and to be more visible in implementing R&D activities (Ricardo R. Argana, DOST-PCAARRD S&T Media Services).

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Former RRDCC Chairpersons and Consortium Directors recognized

Former Regional Research and Development Coordinating Council (RRDCC) Chairpersons and Consortium Directors of the different consortia organized by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) were recognized today at the Joint RRDCC Chairpersons, Consortium Directors, and PCAARRD Directorate’s Meeting.

The meeting was held at the DOST-PCAARRD Innovation and Technology Center (DPITC), Los Baños, Laguna.

The RRDCC is the policy-making body of the consortium and is composed of the heads of the member agencies. It lays down policies and guidelines and approves long term consortium plans as well as approves and endorses to PCAARRD the regional integrated R&D program.

Dr. Prima Fe R. Franco of the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) was recognized for being the RRDCC Chairperson from June 2015 to September 2017 of the Ilocos Agriculture and Aquatic Resources Research and Development Consortium (ILAARRDEC) and its Director from September 2014 to September 2017.

Former Southern Tagalog Agriculture, Aquatic and Resources Research Development and Extension Consortium (STAARRDEC) Director Dr. Edna DA. Vida of Cavite State University was recognized for her leadership and support to the Consortium from January 2011 to November 2018.

Western Visayas Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development Consortium (WESVAARRDEC) former Director Lucia L. Lastimosa of West Visayas State University (WVSU) was also recognized for her contributions from July 2016 to December 2018. Dr. Greta G. Gabinete of the Western Visayas State University (WVSU) received the award on her behalf.

Dr. Maria Luisa R. Soliven of the Central Mindanao University (CMU) was recognized for her leadership and support as RRDCC Chairperson of the Northern Mindanao Consortium for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (NOMCAARRD) and as its Director from June 2011 to December 2018. Dr. Maria Estrela B. Detalla, current NOMCAARRD Director received the award on her behalf.

Lastly, Dr. Tomas D. Reyes, Jr. of Bohol Island State University (BISU), was recognized for being the Central Visayas Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development Consortium (CVAARRDEC) Director from October 2017 to January 2019 (Rose Anne M. Aya, DOST-PCAARRD S&T Media Services).