The Presidential Lingkod Bayan awardees pose with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, CSC Chairperson Alicia dela Rosa-Bala, and CSC Commissioner Robert S. Martinez (1st row, middle), and committee members Jarius Bondoc and Deborah Sy (rightmost), among them Scientist I, Mango Weevil Research Team Leader and PNRI Agriculture Research Section Head Ms. Glenda Obra (1st row, 5th from left), PNRI Irradiation Services Section Head Ms. Luvimina Lanuza (1st row, 4th from left) and PNRI Science Rsearch Specialist Mr. Sotero Resilva (2nd row, rightmost). They were joined by Mango Weevil Research Team Leader Dr. Louella Rowena Lorenzana of the Department of Agriculture (DA) (1st row, 6th from left). Photo courtesy of the Civil Service Commission. Published in Manila Bulletin, October 3, 2017.
Researchers under the Mango Weevil Research Team from the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) were finally honored in Malacañang as the national awardees of the 2017 Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award for the group category by no less than President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Rizal Hall of Malacañan Palace on September 20, 2017.
The awardees from PNRI are Ms. Glenda Obra, Scientist I and head of the Agriculture Research Section, along with Mr. Sotero Resilva, Science Research Specialist, and Ms. Luvimina Lanuza, head of the Irradiation Services Section. Also among the national awardees are their project counterparts from DA, namely Dr. Louella Lorenzana, Mr. Edison Bauzon and Ms. Elvira Litan.
The research team was selected from among several Presidential Lingkod Bayan regional awardees under the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Honor Awards Program for 2017.
See: http://www.pnri.dost.gov.ph/index.php/2-uncategorised/504-pnri-researchers-win-the-presidential-lingkod-bayan-regional-award
