When we were kids, we all learned about the scientific method. Our grade school science teachers did not rest until we have memorized the steps in order: make an observation, ask a question, formulate a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, analyze the results, and finally, accept or reject the hypothesis.
In a rapidly changing world, new data will always come in handy. Such is an important matter for a country like the Philippines which has overwhelmingly rich natural resources but is often troubled with overpopulation, wrong urban planning, and natural hazards that disrupt the environment and leave the people vulnerable.
Resilience. It is the ability to recover quickly from difficulties or challenges. It’s another moniker for toughness, and Filipinos are known all over the world for that trait.
To build resilient Filipino communities against the risks of unpredictable weather and natural hazards is what the DREAM stands for.
Scientists and researchers are always on the hunt for novel ways to improve our way of living that even the smallest of things like atoms and molecules matter. Just recently, interests are rising on materials the size of one billionth of a meter or 500 to 100,000 times thinner than a hair strand.
Farmers struggle with a myriad of problems in their farms. Their struggles can span from new pests, lack of water supply, lack of information about the soil they’re planting on, to running out of available laborers to help them with planting and harvesting. Other external factors like typhoons and prolonged droughts aren’t even included in the equation yet. When push comes to shove, a number of events can happen all at the same time.
Aftermaths from natural disasters are common in the Philippines. Everywhere there are debris from structures and foliage. Evacuation sites pop up like mushrooms. Relief goods pour in. You would think an aftermath from a war would just be the same.
All our bags were packed and we were definitely ready to go!
This trip was not like our usual fieldwork. Led by some of the youngest in our pool of researchers, the team bravely travelled the deep seas between Batangas and Romblon to reach an island called Sibuyan.
Excerpt from The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
It was in 2017 that she was recognized as UPLB’s Outstanding Extension Personnel for her work and involvement in the highly-awarded Farmer-Scientist Training Program (FSTP) of Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Dr. Romulo G. Davide. But Ms. Guillerma Z. Valencia, better known as Guilly, has been doing extension and public service projects under UPLB for around 38 years already.
The beginning of the celebration of Women’s Month can trace its roots in the socialist and labor movements in the United State of America. The first ever Women’s Day happened in New York City on 28 February, 1909 as a national observance which is organized by the Socialist Party. This was done to commemorate the one year anniversary of the strikes by the garment workers in New York, where a large number of women went and marched through lower Manhattan to Union Square to fight for economic rights, the same strike was also done to honor the 1857 protest, where garment workers fought for equal rights and a 10-hour day.
