Nation Building

• Corazon Aquino Presidency - she encouraged scientists to bring the Philippines to its former position as second to only Japan in the field of science and technology
• Fidel Ramos Presidency - During his term, there was a significant increase in personnel specializing in the science and technology field. Health care services were promoted through local programs such as “Doctors to the Barrio Program”.
• Joseph Estrada Presidency - President Estrada signed the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999, designed to protect and preserve the environment and Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 which outlaws computer hacking
• Ramon C. Barba - a Filipino inventor and horticulturist, best known for inventing a way to induce more flowers in mango trees using ethepnol and potassium nitrate
• Gavino C. Trono - “The father of Kappaphycus farming”, a Filipino biologist who focus on marine phycology particularly seaweed biodiversity.
• Angel Alcala - a Filipino biologist who promotes biodiversity in the aquatic ecosystems of the Philippines
• Fe Del Mundo - Filipina pediatrician, the founder of the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines.
• Eduardo Quisumbing - a Filipino biologist, a leading authority of plants in the Philippines. He is the author of taxonomic and morphological papers, many of which deal with orchids including Medicinal Plants in the Philippines.
• Emil Q Javier - Filipino plant geneticist and agronomist who contributed in Agriculture.
• Geminiano T. de Ocampo - Filipino ophthalmologist known to some as the Father of Modern Philippine ophthalmology. He was the founder of the Philippine Eye Bank