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The Presidential Filipinnovation Awards
Manila Bulletin
|November 25, 2025
The date Nov. 6, 2025, marked a defining moment in Philippine innovation. Something truly transformative happened: The inaugural Presidential Filipinnovation Awards, which recognized the best of Filipino ingenuity.
We have all heard the stories. The Filipino mechanic who fixes a car engine with a piece of wire; the farmer who rigs a customized irrigation system out of scraps. We call it diskarte — that unique blend of grit, resourcefulness, and ingenuity that seems hardwired into our DNA. But for the longest time, that ingenuity had a ceiling. It was celebrated in anecdotes as a survival skill, not an economic engine, and rarely elevated to the highest level of national strategy.
This event is meant to change that narrative. By conferring the Presidential seal upon homegrown technological breakthroughs, the government did not just hand out trophies and prize money; it signaled the rebirth of a true innovation ecosystem in the Philippines.
The Presidential Filipinnovation Award is one of the premier programs of the National Innovation Council, ably organized by the Department of Economy, Planning and Development (DEP-Dev). The inaugural awards focused on innovations in health and well-being, food security and environmental resilience, and education.
Presidential seal
Why is the “Presidential” branding so significant? Previously known as the Filipinnovation Awards, elevating these awards via Executive Order No. 99 fundamentally shifts the landscape. By rebranding the event and affixing the Presidential seal, the government effectively declared that innovation is no longer just a “nice-to-have.” It is now part of the executive agenda and a cornerstone of our national survival.
This story is from the November 25, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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