PH's first virology institute to rise soon with help of 'balik scientists' enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 26) тАФ The first virology institute in the Philippines will soon rise in New Clark City in Tarlac, an undersecretary of the Department of Science and Technology said Wednesday. Speaking to CNN Philippines' The Source, DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development Rowena Guevara said they are already in talks with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority as well as the Department of Public Works and Highways for the allocation of 5 hectares of land for the Virology Institute of the Philippines and its possible construction next year.