Contribution of estrada administration in Science and technology is mentioned

below:
The philippine clean air act of 1999 and the Electronic Commerce act of 2000
were the two major legislation that turned into signed through the president
Joseph Estrada.
- The sustainable improvement is insured in Philippine easy air act this is
designed to protect the natural resources in preserve the environment.
- The insurance of CARP( the comprehensive agrarian Reform program)
turned into widened with the aid of the estrada administration that in the
countryside facilitates the landless peasants.
- 266,000 hectares of land were dispensed to approximately 175,000 landless
farmers through the management including the land owned by using the
conventional rural elite.

((c) 1999 Philippines News Agency Not for reposting to other lists)

MANILA, May 7 (PNA) - - The Estrada administration's programs to

boost science and technology in the country to make these more
responsive to the challenges of globalization and its thrust towards
agricultural modernization will take centerstage in this Saturday's
episode of the radio-TV program JEEP ni Erap: Ang Pasada ng Pangulo.

President Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada will lead the program's

discussion that will also focus on the functions of the Department of
Science and Technology under Secretary Filemon Uriarte and government
efforts to enhance the information technology (IT) sector in the
country.

Aside from Uriarte, this week's guests include Secretaries Vicente

River Jr. of the Department of Transportation and Communications and
Jose Pardo of the Department of Trade and Industry; Dr. Amable Aguiluz,
presidential consultant for computer education; and Undersecretary Ike
Seneres, presidential adviser on IT.

They will discuss with the President and his co-anchor Ted Failon
what the DOST is doing to realize the Estrada administration's objective
of developing a pool of Filipino professionals and workers highly
skilled in the science and technology field.
They will also talk about government efforts to develop science and
technology in the country in a bid to accelerate the modernization of
the agriculture, industrial and service sectors.

The program's guests will also tackle government efforts to

strengthen the country's labor competitiveness and enhance cooperation
between the government and the private sector in the IT field.

Government initiatives to develop the science and technology sector

in the country include the following:

* The implementation of the Gains Export Program or Gainex to

strengthen the scientific capabilities of small-and medium-scale
exporters.

* The setting up of regional food microbiology laboratories to

ensure the quality and safety of local food products and exports.

* The implementation of the Climate Information Monitoring and

Prediction Services to make weather forecasting more useful in managing
agriculture and water resources.

* The creation of the Phil-Jobnet to improve the job placement and

information network in the country through IT.

* The implementation of the Project Rise or the Rescue Initiative

for Science Education to upgrade science and technology learning. The
project has, so far, benefited 1,324 teachers and 10,787 science
scholars.

* The launching of the Mobile Information Technology Classroom in

Mindanao to provide students hands-on training in IT lessons.

* The strengthening of the National Computer Center to fulfill its

goal of setting up a government information infrastructure, which will
result in eradicating red tape in the bureaucracy. (PNA/OPS) je/OPS/mlc

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