‘Balikbayan’ hopes to lure Filipino scientists back from abroad

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By KC Santos

MANILA CITY, METRO MANILA – One of the major reasons Filipino scientists are going abroad instead of working in the country is the lack of incentives, according to a scientist from the University of the Philippines (UP).


Dr. Raul Destura, facilitator of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, National Institute of Health at UP Manila, also cited the lack of “reasonable compensation” as another reason why Filipino scientists choose to work abroad.

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