14/12/2025
AGHAM LAUNCHES ITS NEGROS ISLAND REGION CHAPTER
AGHAM, an organization of patriotic, pro-people scientists,
engineers and S&T advocates, bonded together by a
common goal of promoting science and technology
that genuinely serve the interest of the Filipino
people, was officially launched December 13, 2025 at DOLE-SWDC, Bacolod City.
With the theme: Strengthen Agham to Make Science and Technology truly Works for the People" - AGHAM stresses the challenge to address the country's backward agriculture, no national industries, import-dependent, export-oriented, debt-driven neoliberal economy, exacerbated by bureaucrat capitalist system and decades of imperialist domination.
AGHAM vows to advance the struggle for nationalist industrialization, alongside its support for genuine land reform as basis for sustained, comprehensive and progressive economic growth.
It also fights for the welfare and well being of science and tech professionals and practitioners and higher budget for science and tech development because it believes and firmly stands that science and tech professionals and workers play key role in industrialization, research and development, and in addressing other basic problems of philippine society.
Its launching assumes more significance in the light of today's bureaucratic corruption scandals over flood control and other government infrastructure projects involving engineers and other science workers even as they appear to be just pawns of corrupt politicians and political dynasties.
AGHAM NIR chapter has affirmed its new officers lead by Engr Eugene Catalan as Chairman, Prof. Edwin Ombion as Secretary General, Dr. Ruth Gamboa as Dep. Sec. Gen, Jazper Morato as Finance Officer, Engr. Noel Tan as Projects and Extension Officer, Dan Alcoriza as Advocacy and Alliance Officer, Auke Idzenga as International Linkages Officer. The body also affirmed the membership and appointment of Jimmy Loplop, Manager of Negros Engineering Works Multipurpose Cooperative as AGHAM NIR Adviser, and Atty Cesar Beloria, at the group legal counsel.
AGHAM NIR members include science and tech experts in the fields of civil, mechanical, electrical-electronics engineering, chemical engineering, biology, appropriate technologies engineering, small scale fabrication and manufacturing operators, and STEM educators.
The assembly also thanked Dr. Chuckie Calsado, AGHAM National Chairman, for his official video message, congratulating the launching of NIR Chapter, with encouragement to help build more chapters in the Visayas. It also appreciated its guests who demonstrated their support for AGHAM, led by National Union of People's Lawyers-NIR Chapter, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines - NIR Chapter, and Human Rights Alliance of Negros. # # #