GEC 17

• New Republic


  • Focus on its limited resources in improving its Science and Technological capability
  • Explored the use of Overseas Development Allocation (ODA)
  • Human resource development focuses on developing more engineers, scientists, technology experts, doctors, and other professionals
• Pres. Ferdinand Emmanuel E. Marcos Sr.


  • Mandated the DECS (DepEd) to promote science courses in public high schools
  • Proclaimed the 35-hectare lot in Bicutan, Taguig as the Philippine Science Community, now the site of DOST
  • Seminars, workshops, and training programs and scholarships on fisheries and oceanography
  • Tasked the Philippine Coconut Research Institute (PHILCORIN) to promote modernization of coconut industry
• Agencies & Organizations Established

  • Philippine Textile Research Institute
  • Philippine Atomic Energy Commission (Philippine Nuclear Institute)
  • National Grains for Agricultural Research (Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources and Development)
  • Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
  • Philippine National Oil Company
  • Plant Breeding Institute
  • International Rice Research Institute
  • Bureau of Plant Industry
  • Bureau of Forest Products
  • National Committee on Geological Sciences
  • National Science Development Board was recognized as National Science and Technology Authority
  • 1976 – established the National Academy of Science and Technology
  • Mindanao & Visayas campuses of Philippine Science High School were established
• Pres. Corazon C. Aquino


  • National Science and Technology Authority was renamed DOST, done in order for the S&T sector to be represented in the cabinet
  • The S&T Master plan penned by DOST aimed to update the production sector, improve research activities, and develop infrastructures for the S&T sector
• NSTA Reorganized into DOST Agencies


  • Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
  • Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOCS)
  • Philippine Science High School System (PSHS)
  • Science and Technology Information Institute (STII)
  • Science Education Institute (SEI)
  • Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI)
  • Technology resource Center (TRC)
• Pres. Fidel V. Ramos


  • "Doctors to the Barrio" program made health accessible even in far-flung areas
  • Incentives were given to people who played significant roles in S & T sector
  • National Program for Gifted Filipino Children in Science & Technology was created for high school students who wanted to major in science & engineering in college
  • Mandated RA 8439: Magna Carta for Scientist Engineers, Researchers and other Science & Technology Personnel in government
  • RA 7687: Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994
  • RA 7459: Inventors and Inventions incentives Act
  • RA 8293: Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines
• Pres. Joseph E. Estrada


  • RA 8749: The Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
  • RA 8792: Electronic Commerce Act of 2000
  • Implement cost-effective irrigation technologies
  • Provides basic health care service to those who cannot afford it
• Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo


  • S&T sector was developed to strengthen the education system and to address poverty
  • The term Filipinnovation was coined to refer to the Philippines as an innovation hub in Asia
  • Promulgated RA 9367: Biofuels Act to utilize the indigenous materials as sources of energy however the act was not able to produce positive outcomes because of the lack of technology to source raw materials
  • Farmers were encouraged to use rice that can withstand environmental hazards
  • RA 10601: Agriculture and Fisheries Mechanization law was passed to modernize agricultural and fisheries machinery & equipment
• Pres. Benigno C. Aquino III

  • Named new National Scientists: Gavino C. Trono – Marine Biology, Angel C. Alcala – Biological Science, Ramon C. Barba – Horticulture, Edgardo D. Gomez – Marine Biology
  • Project Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH) was established in 2012 by the DOST, a more integrated and responsive system to deal with disasters
  • Initiated the K-12 curriculum
  • PHIVOLCS has come up with the Valley Fault System Atlas (VFSA), a comprehensive collection of detailed large-scale maps that can help people identify if their homes are near the VFS
• Pres. Rodrigo R. Duterte


  • S&T sector is a priority based on the budget for research and development (R&D) that grew nearly 6x over the same period
  • The focus of DOST is to put the results of R&D into commercialization to gain new intellectual properties
  • Philippine Space Technology Program which launched Diwata-2 in 2018 after the launch of DIWATA-1 in 2016 that displayed the Philippine flag in space
  • Besides space technology, the focus of the government is the agriculture sector and disaster preparedness
• Role of S&T in Nation Building

  • Science and technology are essential for nation development and progress
  • The State shall give priority to research and development, innovation, and their utilization
  • The science and technology, education training, and service period
  • Support indigenous, appropriate, and self-reliant scientific and technological capabilities and their applications
• Outputs of S&T


  • Growth of industries and enterprises that eventually led to the rise of the cities
  • More, new improved, and rapidly produced products to met the demands of the people
  • Driving force to the computer, information and communication technology (ICT)
  • Discovery, development, and promotion of various kinds of medicines
  • Science discoveries and technology innovations have made life easier
• DOST Mandate


  Provide central direction, leadership, and coordination of scientific and technological efforts and ensure that the result therefrom are geared and utilized in areas of maximum economic and social benefits for the people
• NCRP Policies


  • Integrating ASEAN awareness in basic education without adding to the curriculum
  • Emphasizing teaching in the mother tongue
  • Developing school infrastructure and providing for ICT broadband
  • Local food security
  • Emphasizing degrees, licenses, and employment opportunities
  • Outright grants for peer monitoring
  • Review of RA 9184 (An Act Providing for the Modernization, Standardization and Regulation of the Procurement Activities of the Government and for other Purposes," otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.)
  • Harnessing science and technology as an independent mover of development
  • Ensuring compliance of drug-manufacturing forms with ASEAN-harmonized standards by full implementation of the Food and Drug Administration
  • Creating an education council dedicated to standardization of pharmaceutical services and care
  • Empowering food and drug agencies to conduct evidence-based research as pool of information
  • Allocating 2% of the GDP to research
  • Legislating a law supporting human genome projects
  • Protecting and conserving biodiversity by full implementation of existing law
  • Use of biosafety and standard model by ASEAN countries
  • Promoting indigenous knowledge systems and indigenous people's conservation
  • Formulation of common food and safety standards
• Existing Programs Supported by the Philippine Government through DOST


  • Providing funds for basic research and patents related to S & T
  • Providing scholarships for undergraduate and graduate studies of students in the field of S & T
  • Establishing more branches of Philippine Science High School System for training young Filipinos in the field of S & T
  • Creating S & T parks to encourage academe and industry partnerships
  • Balik Scientist Programs to encourage Filipino scientists abroad to come home
  • Establishment of National Science Complex and National Engineering Complex within the UP Diliman campus
• The Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) Capacity-Building Programs


  • Establishment of national centers of excellence
  • Manpower and institutional development programs such as En
• Existing programs supported by the Philippine government through DOST


  • Providing funds for basic research and patents related to S & T
  • Providing scholarships for undergraduate and graduate studies of students in the field of S & T
  • Establishing more branches of Philippine Science High School System for training young Filipinos in the field of S & T
  • Creating S & T parks to encourage academe and industry partnerships
  • Balik Scientist Programs to encourage Filipino scientists abroad to come home
  • Establishment of National Science Complex and National Engineering Complex within the UP Diliman campus
• The Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) capacity-building programs

  • Establishment of national centers of excellence
  • Manpower and institutional development programs such as Engineering and Science Education Program (ESEP) to produce more PhD graduates in science and engineering
  • Establishment of regional centers to support specific industries that will country in different research and development areas
  • Establishment of S & T business centers to assist, advise and incubate technopreneurship ventures
  • Strengthen science education at an early stage through the Philippine Science High School system
• In the field of Education


  • Special science classes
  • K to 12 include STEM
  • CHED launched its Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes (PICARI) Project to strengthen the STEM competitiveness
• Areas and fields that the country is looking forward to embark various research and projects

  • Use of alternative and safe energy
  • Harnessing mineral resources
  • Finding cure for various diseases and illness
  • Climate change and global warming
  • Increasing food production
  • Preservation of natural resources
  • Coping with natural disasters and calamities
  • Infrastructure development
• Queena N. Lee-Chua


  Identified 10 outstanding Filipino scientists who have made significant contributions in the Philippine science
• Ramon Cabanos Barba


  • Developed a process that caused the flowering and fruiting of mango trees three times a year, instead of once a year, so dramatically improving yields
  • His research on tissue culture of many horticultural crops, bananas, cassava, and sugarcane among others, enabled the development of methodologies in physiology and plant breeding
• Josefino Cacas Comiso


  • His research led to new insights into many important processes in the polar regions including deep ocean convection and the influence of polynyas and Odden on bottom water formation, phytoplankton blooms and relationships with the sea ice cover, climate change signals as revealed by the changing sea ice cover and accelerated warming in the Arctic region
• Jose Bejar Cruz Jr.

  • Made a major contribution to the theory and practice of automatic control, his work on control of leader-follower systems is still considered one of the major contributions of the half-century in the theory of hierarchical control system
• Lourdes Jansuy Cruz


  • Recognized for her contributions to the biochemistry of conotoxins, her work on biologically active peptides contributed to the development of conotoxins as biochemical probes for examining the brain
• Fabian Millar Dayrit


  • Established the National Chemistry Instrumentation Center (NCIC) when the first high field Fourier transform-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer and high resolution Mass Spectrometer (MS) in the country were obtained in 1994 under the Engineering and Science Education Program (ESEP)
• Rafael Dineros Guerrero III


  • Recognized for his pioneering work on the development of sex reversal and hatchery techniques on tilapia, making him known as the Father of Tilapia Sex-Reversal
  • Developed vermiculture science and technology in the Philippines
• Enrique Mapua Ostrea Jr.

  • Recognized as a leading pioneer in the field of Pediatrics, having significantly contributed in numerous ways specifically in the area of drug addiction in neonates due to fetal exposure
  • He developed a meconium drug test which has been proven as one of the most sensitive tests to detect the presence of illegal substances in newborns
• Lilian Formalejo Patena


  • She discovered a breed of calamansi and seedless pomelo and discovered micropropagation which established the banana industry in the Philippines
  • An inventor of lead-bud cutting in cassava
• Mari-Jo Panganiban Ruiz


  • Expert in graph theory and operations research and her expertise is valued not only in the academe but in different industries and sectors as well
• Gregory Ligot Tangonan


  • His research and inventions in the field of science and technology operate in space, on aircraft, in automobiles, and in a variety of consumer products that make our world safer, support our national security and improve our quality of life
• Cesar A. Saloma


  • He led the development of a method to generate high-contrast images of semiconductor sites via one-photon optical beam-induced current imaging and confocal reflectance microscopy
• Edgardo Gomez


  • He led the world's first national-scale assessment of damage to coral reefs leading to international conservation initiatives such as the replanting of corals
  • He also pioneered giant clam (Tridacna gigas) breeding stationed in Bolinao and other protective areas for coastal communities of the Philippines
• William Padolina


  • Recognized for his significant contributions in the fields of natural products chemistry, coconut chemistry, biotechnology, and in management of research and development
• Angel Alcala


  • First Filipino scientist to engage in comprehensive studies concerning Philippine reptiles and amphibians
  • Made contributions for mammals and birds
  • From the 400 already known species of reptiles and amphibians, 50 more species were identified due to his efforts
• PH's Maya-2 Launched Into Space
• DigiHub's "Mirror Board"


  • Innovative device fabricated by the DigiHub team to provide the teachers or instructors a tool that can help them adapt the new way of conducting their classes (done online)
  • Teachers can easily discuss lessons which require a step-by-step process and demonstration for students to follow
  • Include teaching Mathematics lessons which are usually discussed in a procedural manner
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