Last February 8, Senator Paulo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV congratulated Dr. Gay Jane Perez, winner of the 2018 ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women, as she pays her courtesy call in his office at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay City. Accompanying Dr. Perez is her mother and Ms. Lita Suerte-Felipe of the DOST Legislative Liaison Office.