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Roberto Verzola
Father of Philippine email · Activists · Lived 1952 to 2020 · aged 67
Roberto S. Verzola, often known by his nickname as Obet Verzola, was an activist, environmentalist, writer, math professor, and electrical engineer.
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He is often touted as the "Father of Philippine email" for having setting up emails and internet connections for numerous Philippine Non-Government Organizations in 1992 - several years before internet access became commercially available in the Philippines. He is also known for advocating against the commercialization of genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) corn, for the phasing out of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, for the implementation of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) management system in the Philippines, and for his key role in numerous civil organizations in the Philippines, most notably the Philippine Greens, the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST), SRI-Pilipinas, Tanggol Kalikasan, the Philippine Permaculture Association, and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. Verzola was also outspoken about his experiences as a political detainee and torture victim during the Marcos dictatorship, having been caught in October 1974 and detained until 1977.
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