VSU exec, one of Lingkod Bayan awardees

BAYBAY CITY, Philippines — Doctor Edgardo Tulin, vice president for instruction and a professor of the Visayas State University here was named by the Civil Service Commission as one of the seven Presidential Lingkod Bayan awardees.

Tulin was cited for his "innovativeness and commitment to service. Despite the lure of bigger pay abroad, he chose to devote his time and talent to instruction, research and extension service at the VSU. His research had yielded discoveries and pioneering studies in biomedical research and molecular diagnostics which find use in treating serious metabolic diseases in humans and detection of virus in plants. He worked for the setting up of the Tuklas Lunas Development Center, which is devoted to drug discovery from natural products."

The awards, during the 114th Philippine Civil Service anniversary held in Malacañang last December 15, was conferred by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr., CSC Chairman Francisco Duque III and former Senator Jose Lina, vice chair of the 2014 Committee on Presidential Lingkod Bayan and CSC Pagasa Awards.

Tulin was shortlisted from among the 11 semi-finalists nationwide for one of the three categories under the CSC's Honor Awards Program.

The Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award is conferred to an individual or groups for exceptional or extraordinary contributions that have nationwide impact on public interest, security and patrimony. 

The awardees received a gold-gilded medallion crafted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, a Presidential plaque, and a cash prize of P 200,000 each.

Tulin's Lingkod Bayan Award was the first highest recognition received by a state worker from the VSU.