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Article: National Research Council of the Philippines celebrates its 75th Anniversary at the historic landmark Manila Hotel on December 8, 2008.(Opinion and Editorial)
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- December 8, 2008
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THE National Research Council of the Philippine Islands was created on December 8, 1933, by Act No. 4120 of the Ninth Philippine Legislature. It was established to promote the advancement of science through researches and build up a body of Filipino men and women devoted to scientific research. It was to convene regularly as an organization and formulate national plans to solve problems on health, sanitation, agriculture, industry, and others. A group of 114 prominent scientists and technologists were named charter members of the National Research Council of the Philippine Islands. It was renamed the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) after the country's ...