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Column Cataloguing the very historical narrative of science and technology in the Philippine archipelago would recall dates back to pre-colonization period. Regrettably not, foreign colonizers involving new Mestizo migrants vouched at least to scientific concepts (i.e. collegiate medicine, ophthalmological research) in the enlightenment amongst Filipinos. The Manila Galleon Trade, along with ship docks to and from the Suez Canal widened the sharing of technological advancements and inventions between the Philippines and abroad. Likely the prevalence of western liberal concepts remained a replica of the said nation imbued with America's railway and Dominicans' universities. The University of Santo Tomas (UST) homed to 62 Licenciado en Medicina graduates since 1886 foremost accelerated the indoctrination of science to selected elite Filipino students. Nonetheless, the Fifth Republic of the Philippines garnered