Members and representatives of the PNHRS Research Utilization Committee from the 17 regional health research and development consortia participated in the 13 th Philippine National Health Research System PNHRS Week preconference session Campaigning towards AIDSfree Society held last 13 August 2019 in Cagayan de Oro City

We would like to invite you to submit proposals to the Call for Application to the research grants under the Green Chemistry for Life Project of UNESCOs International Basic Sciences Programme IBSP and PhosAgro the largest producer of phosphatebased fertilizer in Europe in close cooperation with the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry IUPAC

Samar State University SSU in collaboration with the other Higher Education Institutions HEIs and Local Government Units LGUs in Region will be staging the 3 rd National Conference on Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development PovCon on September 25 27 2019 at Saint Paul School of Professional Studies Campetic Palo Leyte with the theme Capitalizing Filipino Culture in Transforming Communities into a Globally Competitive Countryside

The Department of Science and TechnologyPhilippine Council for Agriculture Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development DOSTPCAARRD has again awarded the prestigious Tanglaw Award to the Visayas State University as the countrys Most Outstanding Research Institution for 2019

Palo Leyte A more strengthened nutrition program implementation and policy advocacy is seen to effect on the implementation of this new assessment tool DMO Alma Bernardo of Eastern Samar expressed during the one day orientation of the Monitoring and Evaluation on Local Level Plan Implementation MELLPI Pro on May 7 2019 at the COA Training Center Government Center Palo Leyte The last batch of participants to be oriented with the new protocol are the Department of Health DOH Development Management Officers which function include lobbying of national nutrition and healthrelated policies and provide technical assistance to the local government units