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Panabas is a curved-blade weapon. The panabas is a large, forward-curved sword, used by certain ethnic groups in the southern Philippines. Its length varied from two to four feet, and was either wielded with one hand or with both. It was used as a combat weapon, as an execution tool, and as a display of power.
Gregorio Ynciong Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978) [ 1] was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor. He was known as the father of videoconferencing [ 2] for having invented the first two-way videophone. [ 2][ 3][ 1] He was also one of the country's pioneer aeronautical engineer having invented an airplane ...
Angel Chua Alcala ONS (March 1, 1929 – February 1, 2023) was a Filipino biologist who was named a National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014. Alcala is known for his fieldwork to build sanctuaries and to promote biodiversity in the aquatic ecosystems of the Philippines. He was the Chairman of the Board of Advisers at the Angelo King Center ...
National Scientist of the Philippines. Edgardo Dizon Gomez, ONS (November 7, 1938 – December 1, 2019) [ 1] was a Filipino biologist who was conferred the rank of National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014. [ 2][ 3] He was a professor emeritus for marine biology at the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute .
National Scientist of the Philippines. Ramon Cabanos Barba ONS (August 31, 1939 – October 10, 2021) was a Filipino inventor and horticulturist [ 1][ 2] best known for inventing a way to induce more flowers in mango trees using ethrel and potassium nitrate. [ 3] Barba was proclaimed a National Scientist of the Philippines in June 2014. [ 4][ 5]
Dioscoro Siarot Rabor ( May 18, 1911– March 25, 1996), also known as Joe Rabor, was a Filipino ornithologist, zoologist, and conservationist. Known as the "Father of Philippine Wildlife Conservation", he led more than 50 wildlife expeditions in the Philippines, authored 87 scientific papers and articles, and described 69 new bird taxa and ...
Dioscoro L. Umali. Dioscoro Lopez Umali (November 17, 1917 – July 1, 1992) was a Filipino agriculturalist and National Scientist of the Philippines awardee, known as "the Father of Philippine Plant Breeding." [ 2][ 3][ 4] He was awarded several international honors and distinctions for his outstanding achievements and improvements of rice ...
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