Dr. Nestor M. De Vera together with five University officials visited Batanes, the northern most frontier of the Philippines, last February 18 – 20, 2015 for several purposes, to attend the Philippine Science Consortium First Quarter Meeting and Action Planning Workshop, benchmarking of Batanes State College and benchmarking of Batanes province with regards to disaster risk reduction and management. Hosting the Third PSC National Faculty and Student Research Congress provided a significant advantage and milea...