SOE faculty and students bag awards from the NAST

The National Academy of Science and Technology awarded Dr. Marites Tiongco and Dr. Mitzie Irene Conchada with the Outstanding Scientific Paper Award for their paper entitled “Making Social Health Insurance and Micro-savings Programs Work for the Informal Sector in the Philippines” published in the DLSU Business and Economics Review.

In addition, undergraduate students Mr. Ralph Go, Mr. Nikita Magbitang, and Mr. Alexander Wu received the Best Scientific Poster Award for their work entitled “Is it enough? A fiscal analysis on the effects of taxes and transfers on the 4Ps beneficiaries of the Philippines” which was completed under the advisement of Dr. Mitzie Irene Conchada, Dr. Arlene Inocencio and Dr. Marites Tiongco.