DOST Undersecretary for Regional Operations Dr. Carol Yorobe delivers her keynote address at the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Regional Science and Technology Week held on July 16 at City Commercial Center, Pagadian City. (gcc)

SETUP booths were installed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST9) at the City Commercial Center, Pagadian City on July 16, 2013 during the product display and exhibits. (gcc)

Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) exhibitors from Zamboanga Peninsula join the product display and exhibits during the 2013 Regional Science and Technology Week at City Commercial Center, Pagadian City on July 16, 2013. The activity is one of the highlights of the RST week slated on July 16-19, 2013. (gcc)

Wood Tech Builders proprietor Alvin Ang, the 2013 Best SETUP adaptors’ awardee, poses inside the booth during the Product Display and Exhibits of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST9) at the City Commercial Center, Pagadian City on July 16. (gcc)

Zamboanga del Sur 1st district representative Victor Yu delivers his message during the opening ceremony of the 2013 Regional Science and Technology Week at City Commercial Center, Pagadian City on July 16. (gcc)

Tukuran Municipal Budget Officer Roberto Sayson asks questions regarding the use of 5% Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF) during the 3-day Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Training at LGU Beach Resort, Lower Bayao, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur on July 10, 2013. (gcc)

Civil defense officer Angelito Casinillo delivers lecture on the Philippine Disaster and Risk Reduction and Management System at LGU Beach Resort, Lower Bayao, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur on July 10, 2013. (gcc)

Office of Civil Defense 9 regional director Adriano D. Fuego delivers lecture on the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act 0f 2010 (RA 10121) and Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis at LGU Beach Resort, Lower Bayao, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur on July 10, 2013.(gcc)

Tukuran mayor Atty. Francisvic S. Villamero expresses his strong support for the implementation of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 during the 3-day Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Training at LGU Beach Resort, Lower Bayao, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur on July 10, 2013. (gcc)

Tukuran Mayor Atty. Francisvic S. Villamero delivers his welcome address during the 3-day Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Training at LGU Beach Resort, Lower Bayao, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur on July 10, 2013. (gcc)

Pagadian City Mayor-elect Romeo Pulmones answers questions from members of the Zamboanga del Sur- Pagadian Press Club, Inc. during ZPPI’s courtesy call to the chief executive on July 9, 2013 at the Executive Function Hall, City Mayor’s Office, Pagadian City. (gcc)

Hardline news editor Charnyl Albaracin asks questions to mayor-elect Romeo Pulmones on the status of the City Commercial Center during ZPPI’s courtesy call to the chief executive on July 9, 2013 at the Executive Function Hall, City Mayor’s Office, Pagadian City. (gcc)

Members of the Zamboanga del Sur- Pagadian City Press Club, Inc. led by its president Victor Del Pilar (standing with microphone) pay courtesy call on Mayor-elect Romeo Pulmones at the Executive Function Hall, City Mayor’s Office, Pagadian City on July 9, 2013.