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C O N T R I B U T I O N T O S C I E N C E A N D T E C H N O L O G Y
PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS

• - The Department of Education, with the National Science
Development Board (NSDB) - is organizing a project to
provide selected high schools with science teaching
equipment over a four-year period
• - Bicutan, Taguig - Rizal as the site of the Philippine
Science Community - The government also conducted
seminars for public and private high school and college
science teachers, training programs and scholarships for
graduate and undergraduate science scholars, and
workshops on fisheries and oceanography

• - Philippine Coconut Research Institute to the NSDB to
modernize the coconut industry
• - The NSDB also established the Philippine Textile
Research Institute.
• - The Philippine Atomic Energy Commission of the
NSDB - explored the uses of atomic energy for economic
development. Marcos assisted 107 institutions in
undertaking nuclear energy work by sending scientists to
study nuclear science and technology abroad, and
providing basic training to 482 scientists, doctors,
engineers, and technicians

• - research and development schools, technical institutes,
science education centers, agricultural colleges,
vocational high schools
• - National Grains Authority - to provide for the
development of the rice and corn industry to fully
harness it for the economy of the country (Presidential
Decree No. 4, s. 1972)
• - Philippine Council for Agricultural Research - support
the progressive development of agriculture, forestry, and
fisheries for the nation; attached to the Department of
Agriculture and Natural Resources for administrative
purposes

• - Support for the promotion of scientific research and
invention with Presidential Decree No. 49, s. 1972 -
decree contains details on the protection of intellectual
property for the creator or publisher of the work.
• - PAGASA - provide environmental protection and to
utilize scientific knowledge to ensure the safety of the
people (Presidential Decree No. 78, s. 1972)
• - Philippine National Oil Company - to promote industrial
and economic development through effective and
efficient use of energy sources (Presidential Decree No.
334, s. 1973)

• - National Academy of Science and Technology
(Presidential Decree No. 1003-A, s. 1976) - which is
composed of scientists with "innovative achievement in
the basic and applied sciences," to serve as a reservoir of
scientific and technological expertise for the country
• - Task Force on the formulation of a national action
program on science and technology to assess policies
and programs of science and technology (Executive
Order No. 512, s. 1978)

• - government invested funds and time in organizations
for scientific research, such as the NSDB
• - the Philippine Council for Agricultural Research and
Resources,
• - Plant Breeding Institute,
• - International Rice Research Institute,
• - Bureau of Plant Industry,
• - Bureau of Forest Products

• - Health Sciences Center created by R.A. No. 5163 as an
autonomous member within the University of the Philippines
System to improve the internal organization and unity of
leadership within its units (Executive Order No. 519, s.
1979)
• - National Committee on Geological Sciences - advise
government and private entities on matters concerning
development in geological sciences. (Executive Order No.
625, s. 1980

• - National Science and Technology Authority
- to provide central direction and
coordination of scientific and technological
research and development (Executive Order
No. 784, s. 1982)
• - National Agriculture and Life Sciences
Research Complex at the University of the
Philippines at Los Baños. (Executive Order
No. 840, s. 1982)

• DOST - gives science and technology a representation
in the cabinet; replaced National Science and
Technology Authority
• - Science and Technology Master Plan (STMP)- the goal
to achieve newly industrialized country status by the year
2000

• - “Philippine Inventors Incentive Act (Executive
Order No.128 abolished R.A. No. 3859) - it gave
assistance to Filipino inventors through giving
financial aid, patent application assistance, legal
assistance, and to help inventors market their
products domestically and abroad
• - “Science for the Masses Program” - aimed at
scientific and technological literacy among
Filipinos

• The Science and Technology Master Plan - was
formulated which aimed at the modernization of
the production sector, upgrading research
activities, and development of infrastructure for
science and technological purposes
• - The grants for the research and development
programs was included in the Omnibus
Investment Law

• - Research and Development Plan -
examine and determine which areas of
research needed attention and must be
given priority; criteria for identifying the
program to be pursued were, development
of local materials, probability of success,
potential of product in the export market,
and the its strategic nature.

• built Philippine Science High Schools in Visayas and
Mindanao - promotes further development of young
kids through advance S&T curriculum.
• - The government provided 3,500 scholarships for
students who were taking up professions related to
S&T.
• - Schools were becoming more modernized and
updated with the addition of high-tech equipment for
student improvement and teachers were getting
training programs to benefit themselves and their
students

-
Doctors to the Barrio Program - local programs for
health care services were promoted were innovative
and effective as shown by the change in life
expectancy from 67.5 years in 1992 to 69.1 years in
1995
• - Magna Carta for Science and Technology
Personnel (Republic Act No. 8439) Priority for S&T
personnel increased was established - award was
published in order to give incentives and rewards for
people who have been influential in the field of S&T

• - National Program for Gifted Filipino Children in
Science and Technology - education was one of the
primary story-lines wherein programs such as and
enactment of a law creating a nationwide system of
high schools specializing in the field of science and
engineering
• - Science and Technology Agenda for National
Development (STAND) - among its priorities were:
(1) exporting winners identified by the DTI; (2)
domestic needs identified by the President's Council
for Countryside Development; (3) support industries
and (4) coconut industry development.

• - (1) Magna Carta for Science and Technology
Personnel (Republic Act No. 8439);
• - (2) Science and Technology Scholarship Law of
1994 (Republic Act No. 7687)
• - (3) Inventors and Inventions Incentives Act
(Republic Act No. 7459)
• - Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines
(Republic Act No. 8293) - the law provides industrial
property rights, copyrights and related rights, and
technology transfer arrangements

• Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (Republic Act No.
8749) - which was designed to protect and
preserve the environment and ensure the
sustainable development of its natural resources,
• - Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 (Republic Act
No. 8792) - outlaws computer hacking and
provides opportunities for new businesses
emerging from the Internet-driven New Economy

• - cost-effective irrigation technologies.
• - He also announced that Dole-outs are out,
which meant basic health care, basic nutrition,
and useful education for those who want, but
cannot afford it.
• - pushed for the advancement of industries and
schools into the Internet age, as well as the
announcement of the passage of the e-
Commerce Act

PRES. GLORIA
MACAPAGAL-
ARROYO
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• Philippines was dubbed as the "golden age"
of science and technology by then secretary
Estrella Albastro
• - Numerous laws and projects that concerns
both the environment and science to push
technology as a tool to increase the country's
economic level

• - Science, Technology and Innovations (STI) and help
benefit the poor people - developed further by
strengthening the schools and education system such
as the Philippine Science High School (PSHS), which
focuses in science, technology and mathematics in
their curriculum; helps schools produce get more
involved in this sector. Private sectors were also
encouraged to participate in developing the schools
through organizing events and sponsorships. Future
Filipino scientists and innovators can be produced
through this system

• "Filipinnovation" - was the coined term used in helping the
Philippines to be an innovation hub in Asia
• - R.A. 9367 or the "Biofuels" act - promotes the
development and usage of biofuels throughout the country;
enables a cheaper alternative to gasoline as a medium in
producing energy; boasts a cleaner emission compared to
regular fuel

• - Agriculture and Fisheries Sector through
Mechanization (AFMech) (Republic Act
10601) - improves the covers research,
development, and extension (RDE),
promotion, distribution, supply, assembling,
manufacturing, regulation, use, operation,
maintenance and project implementation of
agricultural and fisheries machinery and
equipment

• conferred four new National Scientist for their
contribution in the Scientific field, Academicians
Gavino C. Trono, Angel C. Alcala, Ramon C.
Barba, and Edgardo D. Gomez was honored in
their respective fields.
• - Trono's contribution- helped a lot of families in
the coastal populations through the extensive
studies he made on seaweed species.

• - Alcala - served as the pioneer scientist and advocate
of coral reefs aside from his contribution in the fields of
systematics, ecology and herpetology.
• - Barba's - contribution changes the seasonal supply
of fresh fruits to an all year round availability of
mangoes through his studies on the induction of
flowering of mango and micropropagation of important
crop species
• - Gomez steered the national-scale assessment of
damage coral reefs which led a national conservation.

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