Dr. John Dale Dianala of UPD-CS NIGS represented UP Diliman at the GYSS 2025. (Photo credit: Global Young Scientists Summit)
Dr. John Dale Dianala from the University of the Philippines – Diliman College of Science’s National Institute of Geological Sciences (UPD-CS NIGS) presented his research on the earthquake potential of faults using satellites at the recently concluded Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2025.
Organized by the National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore, GYSS brings together Nobel laureates and top scientists from around the world to discuss how scientific research and innovation can address emerging global issues.
Out of 16 young scientists invited to present their research on life sciences, biomedicine, physical sciences, and engineering, Dr. Dianala represented UPD-CS NIGS, making UP the only Southeast Asian university featured on stage. “The GYSS allowed me to see our place in the international science scene,” he said of his GYSS experience.
Dr. Dianala is one of 10 Filipino scientists who attended the summit after being nominated by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). “Compared to scientists from fields such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, biomedicine, and engineering, only a handful of geoscientists were present at the summit; I looked for them and I counted five,” he added.
His research utilizes satellite data and technologies such as Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) to monitor fault lines, providing a cost-effective solution for areas lacking ground-based data. Dr. Dianala processed InSAR data over Leyte Island to produce a slip model, which is considered one of the most detailed for a fault in the Philippines. His study demonstrated that detailed fault models based on satellite data enables researchers to identify areas of stress accumulation, potential earthquake activity, and patterns in earthquake occurrences, which can be used in developing preparedness plans.
In his presentation, Dr. Dianala also emphasized the value of these techniques for research on fault lines in urbanizing regions around Metro Manila and in other parts of the world, where risk will only increase as population grows. He encouraged collaboration and innovation in earthquake research, especially in less-resourced regions, to enhance global understanding of seismic risks.
Presenters under the Physical Sciences & Engineering category, which includes Dr. Dianala. (Photo credit: Global Young Scientists Summit)
“Getting to share the work we do at NIGS, and being the sole geologist to take the stage, is a recognition of the global interest and relevance of research done at UP,” he said of this achievement.
Currently on its 13th iteration, GYSS was held from January 6 to 10, 2025 at the Stephen Riady Centre, National University of Singapore. The week-long summit included plenary talks from Nobel laureates and other award winning scientists, panel discussions on the role of science in addressing emerging global issues such as sustainability, human well-being, and ethics with artificial intelligence, quickfire talks from selected young scientists, and poster sessions.
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Students using VISSER, a portable learning device CS Dean Giovanni Tapang helped commercialize (Photo credit: making.technology)
Pamela Louise Tolentino of UP Diliman College of Science National Institute of Geological Sciences (UPD-CS NIGS) and CS Dean Giovanni Tapang are among the Filipino scientists highlighted by the UK in their decadal recap of joint scientific achievements with the Philippines.
Since 2014, Filipino scientists have been collaborating with UK scientists through the scientific partnership between the two countries. In 2016, the Newton Agham Fund was launched, aimed at providing £3 million (about ₱180 million) of funds for key research projects in health and life sciences, environmental resilience, and energy security.
Tolentino is one of the lead investigators in their project examining where rivers flow and how they change landscapes. By understanding the geomorphological processes behind river systems, their work provides evidence-based solutions for a more effective flood risk assessment and planning. Tolentino and colleagues’ work is under the “Understanding the Impacts of Hydrometeorological Hazards in Southeast Asia Programme” and is funded through the Newton Agham Fund.
In 2016, Dean Tapang was a Leaders in Innovation Fellow, a program that trains and mentors scientists in bringing their inventions to the market. Last year, he spearheaded the commercialization of the Versatile Instrumentation System for Science Education and Research (VISSER), a portable learning device that allows students to conduct 120 experiments in chemistry, biology, environmental science, and physics. At the end of the year, the company distributed 43 VISSER units and generated ₱3.4 million in total revenue. Read the VISSER press release here.
“Every project should have collaboration and inclusion at its core to have impacts that last way beyond its lifetime,” said Tolentino in UK’s Science Snapshot. “I honestly believe that more than the outputs such as methods and data developed from the project, it is truly the conversations where the common goal of providing a better future for everyone that will drive the changes.”
To express interest in continuing the partnership, the UK and the Philippines held the first Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) at The Manila Peninsula Makati City on February 22, 2024. The JCM would now be held every two years to bolster cooperation between both parties.
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Dr. Gerry Bagtasa of the UP Diliman College of Science – Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology (UPD – CS IESM) took flight with NASA last Sunday, February 11, 2024, as part of an air pollution measurement campaign called ASIA-AQ (Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality).
NASA817—more specifically the NASA DC-8 plane—is an airborne science laboratory based in NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California. It is flown to other parts of the world to gather data to support the research and experiments undertaken by the global scientific community.
The objective of this particular series of flights with the Filipino team, consisting of DENR-EMB, the Manila Observatory, and Dr. Bagtasa, was to assess the air quality of multiple Asian cities by utilizing satellite remote sensors and air quality models. With the equipment of the modified Douglas DC-8 jetliner, they were able to observe the atmosphere and detect various pollutants such as particulate matter, ozone, carbon dioxide, and methane, which are not usually locally measured above the ground.
“The purpose is to improve our understanding of the dynamics of air pollution in the region,” Dr. Bagtasa said.
With the Filipino team, they were able to help plan the flights by providing air quality and weather forecasts. They also provided insights into local weather patterns, drawing from Dr. Bagtasa and the Manila Observatory’s recent publications and expertise in contextualizing the data being collected.
Flight path of the 8-hour trip around Metro Manila and surrounding regions flying alternately between 1000 ft and 10,000 ft. (Photo credit: Dr. Gerry Bagtasa, 2024)
The Experience
NASA817 flew four times to the Philippines on February 6, 7, 11, and 13, and for each flight, there were a few available seats for observers. Dr. Bagtasa and scientists of the Manila Observatory and DENR joined different flights, and of the 8-hour experience, the plane would constantly change altitudes from 1000 ft to 10,000 ft, then back again, to gather more data at different levels of elevation throughout the region.
“In almost any airplane ride, we encounter some brief bumpy to very bumpy, turbulent moments, right? Imagine that happening for 8 hours—the flight was brutal. I guess mainly due to the low-altitude nature of the flight,” Dr. Bagtasa commented. “And to make it more exciting, I experienced the hardest of hard turns and rolls in an airplane during the flight.”
With humor, he also went on to say, “Most of the researchers on the plane wear some transdermal patch behind the ear for motion sickness. I didn’t, and I was in the backmost seat. After around 5 – 6 hours into the flight, considering that I’ve been on probably >100 flights in my lifetime, it was my first time to throw up in a plane ride.”
(Photo credit: Dr. Gerry Bagtasa, 2024)
Despite the bumpy ride, the flights are crucial to the campaign, ASIA-AQ. NASA’s project presents an avenue for international cooperation, partnering with local scientists, researchers, and experts to implement a unified strategy across various Asian nations in addressing not only regional air quality concerns but also gaining a broader understanding of the interpretation of satellite data and air quality modeling.
Dr. Bagtasa and the Manila Observatory partnered with the DENR to join the flights to provide their local knowledge on the air pollution of the country. While the data gathered on these trips are still being processed and have yet to be published, NASA817 will now move on to South Korea, taking measurements in Taiwan on the way. After Seoul, it will then fly to Malaysia and Thailand. After the ASIA-AQ campaign, the NASA DC8 will be retired.
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Dr. Yñiguez holds a SensPak tube, developed by UP scientists, off the coast of Bolinao in June 2021. Once lowered in the water, such devices can help scientists and fisherfolk monitor the health of the marine environment almost in real time. (Photo credit: UPD-CS MSI DOST HABHazard Program)Innovative data-driven technologies are empowering Filipino coastal communities by enabling them to make better informed decisions on when and how to utilize marine resources.
An advocate of sustainable fishing practices, Dr. Aletta Concepcion T. Yñiguez of the UP Diliman College of Science’s Marine Science Institute (UPD-CS MSI) has been working closely with small-scale fishers and government agencies to help rural fisherfolk with technologies developed by UP scientists.
Yñiguez and her fellow MSI researchers created ARAICoBeH (A Rapid Assessment Instrument for Coastal Benthic Habitats), an inexpensive tool for taking underwater photos of endangered areas such as coral reefs without needing to dive. She also spearheaded HABhub (Harmful Algal Bloom Hub), an online platform that facilitates the detection and reporting of algal blooms, which could threaten both the lives and livelihoods of affected fisherfolk. HABhub also provides robust early-warning systems that would allow for more proactive mitigation and enhanced understanding of these phenomena.
These and other innovations and insights from Dr. Yñiguez were the focus of a recent iStories webinar, hosted by the UPD-CS.
“To ensure the sustainable utilization and management of ocean resources, it is critical that observational, monitoring and decision-support tools are in place to provide concrete, science-based information and management. But the technologies, tools and capacity for these are sorely lacking,” Dr. Yñiguez said at the event.
“Our present efforts help bridge this gap through interdisciplinary collaborations to develop cost-effective sensors that automate ocean observation, building ocean data repositories and models for understanding, forecasting and decision-support,” she added.
For her work, Dr. Yñiguez was bestowed The Outstanding Women in Nation’s Service (TOWNS) award in 2022. Given by the TOWNS Foundation, Inc., the prestigious award honors Filipinas 21 to 45 years old who have contributed greatly to Philippine society in their chosen fields.
iStories is a series of monthly innovation-themed talks, storytelling, and activities featuring local and international scientists. The initiative aims to ignite the creativity and inventiveness of young scientists not just from UPD-CS but from other institutes inside and outside UP.
In the face of a future yet to be written, beset by Promethean technologies and an Apolakian climate, one of the country’s foremost Filipino writers calls on a new generation of Filipino scientists to stay grounded—and stand their ground.
UP Diliman Professor Emeritus Dr. Rosario Torres-Yu exhorted UPD-CS’ graduates to remain hopeful but vigilant of the future. (Photo credit: Garcia Photography Services)
“Ihahabilin ko ito nang may pakiusap: huwag sanang magbago ang isip ninyo. Kailangan ng bansa natin ng higit pang maraming scientist,” distinguished writer Dr. Rosario Torres-Yu exhorted the University of the Philippines – Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS) graduating class of 2023, noted for having the most number of PhD graduates in the College’s 40-year history.
A professor emeritus and former dean of the College of Arts and Letters (UPD-CAL), Dr. Torres-Yu expressed cautious optimism for the future in her keynote address delivered at the UPD-CS Special Recognition Program last July 29. She also underscored the fundamental role of Filipino scientists in safeguarding the country’s future.
UPD-CS’s newly-minted graduates should never forget why they became scientists, Dr. Torres-Yu said, waxing poetic: “Ang kinang ay dapat timplahin ng kabuluhan para higit na maging kapakinabangan sa bayan at sambayanan. Samakatwid, hindi tayo nabubuhay para sa sariling kinang lamang.”
Hopeful vigilance for the future
Dr. Torres-Yu said she would be remiss as a professor and mentor if she did not urge vigilance and caution amid the celebration. She reminded UPD-CS’ new scientists that their lives and work are not isolated from the rest of the world:
“Anuman ang laboratoryong piliin, hindi ito maitatago sa nangyayari sa mundo. Kumbaga sa bagyo, literal at metaporikal, umaabot sa atin ang unos, baha, lindol, pagkawasak ng kapaligiran, kabuhayan at kapayapaan… Gusto ko mang iwasan ang pagbanggit tungkol dito, dahil ang pagtatapos ninyo ay dapat na maging masaya, magkukulang naman ako bilang guro kung hindi ko man lang mabanggit ang tungkol dito,” she told the gathered crowd of over 400 graduates.
“Ang mahalaga ay manatili ang ugaling mapagmatyag na taglay na ninyo dahil mga scientist kayo; maging mapanuri, makilahok at pumanig sa pagbabagong makabubuti sa ating bayan at sa sangkatauhan,” she added.
UP Diliman Professor Emeritus Dr. Rosario Torres-Yu exhorted UPD-CS’ graduates to remain hopeful but vigilant of the future (Photo credit: Shedy Masayon, UPD-CS SciComm)
She also touched on the need to inspire Filipino children to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through literature. Dr. Torres-Yu’s non-profit organization, Supling Sining, Inc. (SSI), collaborated with UPD-CS to create the Sulong-Agham multilingual children’s books series.
UPD-CS’s Class of 2023 produced a total of 454 graduates. This number consists of 19 PhD graduates, 108 MS graduates, seven MA graduates, three Professional Masters, five diploma recipients, and 312 BS graduates. The number of the College’s PhD graduates for 2023 is also almost double that of the previous year, the most number of PhD graduates UPD-CS has had in its 40 years of existence.
Former University of the Philippines (UP) President Emanuel Valdez Soriano passed away on Saturday, April 22 at the age of 87.
This was confirmed by his daughter, Rinna, in a Facebook post.
“Bob just passed away…. somehow I knew when a bird sat on my side mirror before leaving…,” she said referring to his late father’s nickname.
“We will celebrate the eucharist for him today at 10 a.m., followed by his cremation at 11 a.m. Arlington Chapels. Please join us if you can. There will be a whole-day wake on Saturday, April 29. Venue to be confirmed. 6 p.m. mass at U.P. Chapel, Parish of the Holy Sacrifice. Inurnment will be on May 31, 2023 at Sta. Maria dela Strada Church, Bob’s 40th day back in our spiritual home and his wedding anniversary with Inay 62 years ago,” said Rinna in a separate post.
Soriano served as the 14th president of the premier state university from 1979 to 1981.
He finished his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Master in Industrial Management degrees at UP and later earned a doctorate in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.
UP President Angelo A. Jimenez ordered all UP campuses to fly their Philippine and UP flags at half-mast until May 2.
Sansó and his classmates in a war-ravaged UP Padre Faura campus. Photo courtesy of Fundacion Sanso.
As the artist’s Fundacion Sansó bestows an educational grant to his alma mater, the UP College of Fine Arts, we recall his formative years as a UP student
Aside from being the oldest art institution in the country, the University of the Philippines-College of Fine Arts (UPCFA) has educated some of the country’s best-known artists—Fernando Amorsolo, Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Jose Joya, Jr., Bencab, and Vicente Manansala, to name a few. It is also the alma mater of the Filipino-Spanish painter and Presidential Medal of Merit Awardee Juvenal Sansó.
More famous friends, this time with National Artist Ang Kiukok from UST (far right), and Alcala. Alcala doodled over this photo. Fundacion Sansó Archives.
It’s no wonder his Fundacion Sansó has chosen the institution, his first art school, to give back to—proceeds for the Leo Abaya Thesis Grant were bestowed to UPCFA through UPCFA Dean Marc San Valentin and Dr. Dayang Yraola last February 24, 2023, for the research and development of thesis projects in the college.
The completed main library
This is not the first time Sansó made a donation to the University, says Fundacion Sansó director Ricky Francisco, as the artist has done so discreetly in the past. It has also been documented in Duffie Hufana Osental’s book Sansó: An Introduction, and from several of the artist’s letters, that as Sansó was a student who subsisted on stipends while studying abroad, it was his consistent wish to establish a fund for art students. This thesis grant is part of this gesture, alongside a scholarship stipend fund that is currently running under Fundacion Sansó for other schools.
“Incubus” by Juvenal Sansó, 1951, gouache on board, private collection. This painting won Sansó First Prize in the Watercolor Category of the Art Association of the Philippines’ (AAP) annual competition.Araceli Dans, Sanso, Tipin Eleazar,Katy Yatco, Nenita Villanueva
This thesis grant is named after Leo Abaya, artist, production designer, professor, and mentor of undergraduate and graduate students at UPCFA. Abaya passed away at the height of the pandemic.
Juvenal Sansó (middle, top row) in a class photo at the UP Padre Faura campus. Sansó described the post-war UP campus as riddled with shell holes, and sometimes they used their fruit juice baon to dilute their paints, as they didn’t have running water. Fundacion Sansó Archives.
Francisco discussed the project with Abaya when they were judges at the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence competition (MADE) four years ago. The latter suggested a grant for thesis research and production. He said that while advising the students, he observed that many of their ideas rarely came into fruition due to lack of funds.
Sansó was in fine company during his Fine Arts student years, with friends who became noted Filipino artists. (From left): a young Hugo Yonzon, Sansó, Mauro Malang Santos, and Alcala. Fundacion Sansó Archives.Sansó’s early student work, 1948, oil on canvas
The beginnings of this project stems from Juvenal Sansó’s education in postwar UP. After being tutored in art by Alejandro Celis (Sansó was homeschooled, an unusual practice back then), he enrolled as a special student at UP School of Fine Arts—the college’s former name—in the late 1940s. During this period, Sansó felt that he needed to work harder than his classmates, often erasing and redrawing his lines until the paper tore up. Despite this, Sansó recalls his early years as a UP student with much fondness.
Image of a war damaged UP Padre Faura Campus
Seeing the new building of the UP College of Fine Arts today, it is hard to imagine the raw, unpaved Diliman campus of the 1940s to the 1950s. In a caption for one of his student photos, Sansó writes a description of his fine arts class’s “nomadic” existence on campus: “As UP Fine Arts students, we were the original ‘boat people’ of the university or perhaps the ‘boot people’ as we were booted out from one neo-shanty on campus to another, ending up in the high school and the upper floor of the Main Library. The brave new world had its compensations under duress.”
Sansó at a Fine Arts classroom in Diliman, with Villanueva and Alcala, and the FA school janitor Mang Lucio looking on.
The post-war Padre Faura UP campus, where Sansó and his batchmates spent their first years, was in worse shape. Like the rest of Manila, it had not yet recovered from the massive damage wrought by World War II. The walls and classical columns of the buildings were heavily pockmarked from the shelling, and hardly any facilities existed. Sansó recalls there wasn’t even any running water, and that he and his classmates had to use fruit juice from their baon to dilute their paints.
National Artist Larry Alcala was Sansó’s best friend, and lasted until Alcala’s death. Fundacion Sansó Archives.
Yet, judging from pictures and Sansó’s stories, it was a happy existence. Even with rudimentary school amenities, UP was where Sansó blossomed. It was where he honed his skills and where he made lifelong friends, many of whom grew up to become masters, some eventually conferred the National Artist honor.
Photo of Sanso with Doodles by Larry Alcala
Sansó’s closest friend at UP was the cartoonist Larry Alcala. Also in his circle were Araceli “Cheloy” Limcaco-Dans, Rodolfo “Roddy” Ragodon, Celia Diaz-Laurel, Ben Osorio, Katy Yatco, Nenita Villanueva, and the talented campus beauty Josefina “Tipin” Rosales. In Sansó’s large class of Fine Arts majors, there were even more luminaries—the couturier Jose “Pitoy” Moreno, National Artist Napoleon Abueva, and Angel Cacnio, to name a few—proof that the training they received and the energy of the school contributed to the students’ formative years.
Juvenal Sansó and Alcala (background) painting en plein aire during a Baguio trip. Fundacion Sansó Archives.
“In UP, Juvenal’s reticent personality bloomed into a socially adjusted, extroverted and playful figure, who was comfortable with people from different classes,” wrote Reuben Ramas Cañete, Ph.D. in the book La Definitiva Sansó: A Life Lived Thrice.
The UP lineup of Fine Arts teachers was just as stellar. Amorsolo was Dean of the department, and mentors included National Artist Guillermo Tolentino, Dominador Castañeda, Ireneo Miranda, and Dr. Toribio Herrera.
“Ropemaker” by Juvenal Sansó, 1948, oil on canvas, Fundacion Sansó Collection
In the essay After the Deluge Comes the Dawn, Fundacion Sansó’s Francisco adds: “Under the great Fernando Amorsolo, Guillermo Tolentino, and other notable artists of that time, Sansó would hone his artistic skills further, even though the techniques taught were mostly answering to the practical needs of that time.”
Audiences may find it hard to connect Sansó’s mid- to late-1950s expressionist art from his “Black Period” to Amorsolo’s pastoral scenery and sunny optimism but Sansó himself acknowledged he shied away from such themes. His award-winning, gouache student work, “Incubus” is his entry into a darker period. Sansó’s depiction of a misshapen beggar was more terrifying than pitiful, and reflected the artist’s wartime traumas.
(From left) Sansó, Alcala, Ben Osorio, and Roddy Ragodon at the UP Diliman Campus. Sansó wrote: “As UP Fine Arts students, we were the original ‘boat people’ of the university or perhaps the ‘boot people’ as we were booted out from one neo-shanty on campus to another.” Fundacion Sansó Archives.
The young artist went on to win more awards as a student in 1951, namely from the Art Association of the Philippines, and the very first Shell National Student Art Competition. He eventually moved on to sit in on classes at the University of Santo Tomas, where the seeds of Modernism were already being planted. Soon thereafter, the Spanish-born artist was on a stipend, boarding a boat bound for further education abroad, much like future art students who sought to better their art and widen their perspectives.
For more information about the Leo Abaya Thesis Grant, email [email protected]. Fundacion Sansó is located at 32 V. Cruz St., San Juan; we are open Mon-Sat., 10am-3pm.
Retired UP Professor of Journalism and UP College of Mass Communication (CMC) Dean (1994-2000) Luis V. Teodoro passed away on 13 March 2023. He was 81.
He is a true pioneer in literature, not just journalism and mass communication education in the Philippines.
His books, especially Out of This Struggle: The Filipinos in Hawaii (the University of Hawaii Press, 1981), The Undiscovered Country (University of the Philippines Press, 2006), In Medias Res: Essays on the Philippine Press and Media (University of the Philippines Press, 2012), and Vantage Point: The Sixth Estate and Other Discoveries (University of the Philippines Press, 2014) contained works that garnered Palanca, Philippine Free Press, and National Book Awards. These texts are also significant interventions in Philippine Studies, comparative literature, and creative writing.
During Philippine PEN meetings during the late 2000s and early 2010s, he frequently warned me about the perils of university administration, especially in UP. “Service, not Power,” he repeatedly whispered. He respected spaces and knew where to start and when to leave.
Luis V. Teodoro’s distinguished career and commitment to advancing mass communication education in the Philippines should inspire many. He has set a high standard for other writers, educators, media practitioners, and university administrators to strive for. His contributions will be remembered for many years.
UP CMC will honor Professor Luis V. Teodoro, on Wednesday, 15 March, at Loyola Commonwealth. UP CMC’s Parangal will be live-streamed on the DZUP YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@DZUP1602am (6:00 PM)
UP Visayas (UPV) posted a 100 percent passing rate in the October 2022 Licensure Exam for Fisheries Professionals, with 10 alumni in the Top 10.
UPV secured eight of the 10 highest places in the said examination.
John Rey Fortu Rasgo, a BS Fisheries graduate of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), topped the board exam with a rating of 86.25 percent.
Rasgo who graduated in July 2022, Cum Laude, shared the same spot with Jean Margaret G. Badong of Iloilo State College of Fisheries-main.
All 39 aspirants from UPV-CFOS hurdled the exam held last October 6-7, 2022.
Nine (9) more topnotchers led the newly registered fisheries professionals from CFOS.
They are Angelica Marie S. Dominguez, third place (85.75); Leslie T. Sampollo, fifth place (85.25); Cedric Jay A. Nantong and Cherry Dale C. Templonuevo, sixth place (84.75); Robert Christian F. Patani, seventh place (84.50); Joseph Keith Paulo T. Nava, eighth place (84.25); Reymark C. Busalla and Marianne Joyce S. Herrada, ninth place (84.00); and Yessamin T. Lebaquin, tenth place (83.75).
CFOS Dean Encarnacion Emilia S. Yap lauded the performance of the 39 new fisheries professionals produced by the University for they weathered the storm taking into account the challenges that they have been through.
They were among the first batch of K-12 graduates and the first batch of students under the revised BS Fisheries program.
They were on remote learning mode from March 2020 to February 2022 and went back to the University to attend laboratory classes for their undergraduate thesis last March.
They took the board exam prepared by new members of the Board of Fisheries of the Philippine Regulation Commission (PRC) and yet, they were able to pull through, Yap stated.
“Warmest congratulations to our new batch of fisheries professionals for holding on. We are very proud of you. Thank you. May we all continue to serve the fisheries industry and the Filipino people,” the dean said.
PRC released the list of 716 successful examinees out of 1,966 takers with a national passing percentage of 36.42% on October 12.
UPV-CFOS has been dominating the licensure exam as the top performing school in the previous examinations.
Last year, UPV registered a passing rate of 95.83 percent; 96.33 percent in 2019; 97.30 percent in 2018; and 98.97 percent in 2017.