THE PHILIPPINES NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 38TH ANNUAL MEETING & AWARDS

Looking Back and Looking Forward to the  38th National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines Event and Exhibits

By: Ver Garcia & Teddy Cho

At the Entrance DOST Exhibit at the Manila Hotel

38th Annual Scientific Meeting and Awarding Ceremony.

In photo from Left to Right: Dr. Virginia C. Cuevas, Ph.D (Botany)

Science and Technology was created by man..for the benefit of mankind. Scientist invent and re-   invent, technology becomes useless if no one uses it. Science is borderless whether you are in another country or locally the by-product of science through research and development benefits all if  not a few. The superiority of man versus the advancement in technology should no be in conflict with ethics and the law of God. Neither it should run into conflict with mother nature.

The application of science and technology should benefit mankind thereby in so doing we are glorifying God as the source of all things. Man has always been threatened with extinction and the application of Science and Technology has the tendency to emancipate man from spiritual ignorance. To make life easier and productive  eventually bring him more closer to the image and likeness of God.

The mystery of creation becomes more evident as perceived not only by the human mind but by the heart as well. Since time immemorial the superiority of man (Adam) as the custodian of creation was unquestionable until the fall of Adam. Now the stewardship of creation will be expanded not only with science and technology but with the Trinitarian mysticism   is an account of the opening of heaven, a revelation of the Trinity’s interior life turned outward to the world, that links intimately to the sacraments, prayer, the church, and the ethical life of obedience. But, unfortunately, man's abused and negligence even threatens world peace and the environment itself. Thank God.. not all the wonders of Science and Technology has been discovered and rediscovered for the same reason as to avoid the chaotic condition that results from abused and negligence.

In Photo from L to R.: Lilibeth Padilla, Dr. Ver Garcia  and Estrella Gallardo at the DOST-NAST.

Opening of NAST's Posters and Exhibits of the 38th Annual Scientific Meeting

Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato dela Peña (middle), together with Dr. Mohamed Jamal Deen (left), President of the Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada, and National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Acting President Fabian Dayrit, leads the ceremonial ribbon cutting of NAST's Posters and Exhibits during the 38th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) at Manila Hotel on Wednesday (July 13, 2016). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon).

                                   38th NAST PHL's Annual Scientific Meeting
Dr. Mohamed Jamal Deen (middle), President of the Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada, stresses a point during the 40th anniversary of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Philippines and its 38th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) on Wednesday (July 13, 2016) at the Manila Hotel. For its 38th Annual Scientific Meeting, NAST has chosen the theme, "Looking Back and Looking Forward." Also in photo are Executive Director Primitivo Cal (left), Planning and Development Research Foundation Inc., and Academician Virginia Cuevas, Ph.D. (Botany). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon).