Sen. Richard Gordon, PNRC chairman, told The STAR that he and Phivolcs director Reynaldo Solidum will honor Punongbayan, who died when a military helicopter carrying him and other government scientists crashed in a mountainous area in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija on April 28 last year.
Punongbayan’s group was to conduct an aerial inspection of a planned resettlement site for landslide victims in Dingalan, Aurora when the tragedy happened.
"We remember him. Of course, we will honor him," Gordon said of Punongbayan, who was a member of the PNRC board of directors when he died. — Manny Galvez