Alvin E. Retamar (3rd from left), team leader of Advanced Space Technology, Research, Operations, and Services Team of the Department of Science and Technology, poses for a photo with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Civil Service Commission Chairperson Alicia dela Rosa-Bala (left) after receiving the Presidential Lingkod Bayan (PLB) Award at the Awards Rites for the 2019 Outstanding Government Workers at Rizal Hall in Malacañang. ASTROS was recognized for the development and operation of the country’s first microsatellites, DIWATA-1 and 2, and the first ground receiving station, the Philippine Earth Data Resource and Observation. Also pictured are ASTROS’ Gerwin P. Guba, Joven C. Javier, Maria Cristina N. Manuel, and Harold Bryan S. Paler.
