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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]
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 ...
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 ...
Benito Vergara. Dr. Benito S. Vergara (June 23, 1934 – October 24, 2015) [ 1] was a scientist in the Plant Sciences, and was conferred the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines in 2001, the highest honor bestowed by the Philippine Government for the work of Filipino scientists. Vergara was also behind the development of the ...
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 .
Casimiro Villacin del Rosario (June 13, 1896 – September 15, 1982) was a Filipino scientist. He was named a national scientist in the Philippines in 1983 for being a pioneer in physics, meteorology, and astronomy in the Philippines. Del Rosario is recognized for his restoration of the war-damaged Philippine Observatory and for his leadership ...
Julian Banzon was born on March 25, 1908, to Manuel S. Banzon and Arcadia Arca in Balanga, Bataan. [ 1][ 3] Banzon graduated from the University of the Philippines in Manila in 1930 with a degree of Bachelor of Science in chemistry. After some years working as an instructor at his alma mater, in 1937 he entered the Iowa State University in the ...
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.