Philippin

es Post-
Colonial
Period
Marcos Era
and Martial
Law:
 Marcos Era and
Martial Law:
Amended 1973 Philippine Constitution, Article XV, Section 9 :
- “Advancement of science and technology shall have priority in the
national development.”

Second State of the Nation Address on January 23, 1967:

- Science was necessary for the development programs, and thus,
directed the Department of Education to revitalize the science courses in
public high schools.
President Ferdinand Marcos

Third State of the Nation Address on January 22, 1968:

- Technology was the leading factor in economic development, and channeled additional
funds to support projects in applied sciences and science education.
Marcos Era and
Martial Law:
Fourth State of the Nation Address on January 27, 1969:
-He gave a big part of the war damage fund to private universities to
encourage them to create courses in science and technology and to research.

-He planned a project to have medical interns do a tour of duty in

provincial hospitals to arouse their social conscious and reduce the "brain
drain."

On April 6, 1968
-He proclaimed 35 hectares in Bicutan, Taguig, Rizal as the site of the
Philippine Science Community.
Marcos Era and
Martial Law:
Fifth State of the Nation Address on January 26, 1970:

• 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.

Seventh State of the Nation Address on January 24, 1972:

• National Grains Authority

• Philippine Council for Agricultural Research
• Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Marcos Era and
Martial Law:
Presidential Decree No. 49, s. 1972
• Protection of intellectual property for the creator or publisher of the work.
Presidential Decree No. 78, s. 1972
• Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)

Presidential Decree No. 334, s. 1973

• Philippine National Oil Company
Presidential Decree No. 1003-A, s. 1976
• National Academy of Science and Technology
Executive Order No. 512, s. 1978
• Task Force on the formulation of a national action program on science and
technology
Marcos Era and
Martial Law:
Fourteenth State of the Nation Address on July 23, 1979:
• The government invested funds and time in organizations for scientific research, such as
the NSDB, the Philippine Council for Agricultural Research and Resources, the Plant
Breeding Institute, the International Rice Research Institute, the Bureau of Plant Industry,
and the Bureau of Forest Products

Executive Order No. 519, s. 1979

• He constituted the Health Sciences Center created by R.A. No. 5163
Executive Order No. 625, s. 1980
• National Committee on Geological Sciences
Executive Order No. 784, s. 1982
• Reorganized the National Science Development Board and its agencies into a National
Science and Technology Authority
Marcos Era and
Martial Law:
Executive Order No. 810, s. 1982
• Salary increase to people with teaching positions in Philippine Science High School,

Executive Order No. 840, s. 1982

• He enacted a law on the completion of the National Agriculture and Life Sciences
Research Complex at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños.
Executive Order No. 1090, s. 1986
• Establishment of the Mindanao and Visayas campuses of the Philippine
Science High School
 FIFTH
REPUBLIC:
Corazon
Aquino
Fifth Republic: Corazon
Aquino In 1986, during Corazon Aquino's presidency
• The National Science and Technology Authority was replaced by the
Department of Science and Technology.

State of the Nation Address in 1990

• Science and technology development shall be one of the top three
priorities of the government towards an economic recovery.

August 8, 1988
President Corazon Aquino • Corazon Aquino created the Presidential Task Force for Science and
Technology.

Science and Technology Master Plan

• The goal of STMP was for the Philippines to achieve newly industrialized country status by
the year 2000.
Fifth Republic: Corazon
Aquino
During her term, President Corazon Aquino
• Encouraged scientists and inventors to bring the Philippines to its former position as
second to only Japan in the field of science and technology.
• One of the goals of her administration was to achieve the status as being
an industrialized country by 2000.

• Ironically, it was during President Corazon Aquino’s term and the reorganization of
Philippine bureaucracy that Executive Order No.128 abolished R.A. No. 3859, also known
as the “Philippine Inventors Incentive Act.”
Fifth Republic: Corazon
Aquino
R.A. 6655 or the Free Public Secondary Education Act of 1988
• Free education up to the secondary level, implemented in the education system together
with this was the “Science for the Masses Program”.

Funding for the science and technology sector was tripled from 464 million
in 1986 to 1.7 billion in 1992.

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.
Fidel V.
Ramos
Fifth Republic:

Third State of the Nation Address

• Significant increase in personnel specializing in the science and
technology field.
• Government provided 3,500 scholarships

• Health care services were promoted through local programs such as

"Doctors to the Barrio Program."

President Fidel Ramos • Priority for S&T personnel increased when Magna Carta for Science
and Technology Personnel (Republic Act No. 8439)
Fifth Republic: President Fidel
Ramos
Sixth State of the Nation Address
• National Program for Gifted Filipino Children in Science and
Technology and enactment of a law

Science and Technology Agenda for National Development (STAND) was

established. Among its priorities were
• Exporting winners identified by the DTI;
• Domestic needs identified by the President's Council for Countryside
Development;
• Support industries
• Coconut industry development.
Fifth Republic: President Fidel
Ramos
During his term in Congress
• Magna Carta for Science and Technology Personnel (Republic Act No. 8439);
• Science and Technology Scholarship Law of 1994 (Republic Act No. 7687)
• Inventors and Inventions Incentives Act (Republic Act No. 7459).

The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 8293) was enacted during
Ramos' term.
Joseph
Estrada
Fifth Republic: President Joseph
Estrada

Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (Republic Act No. 8749)

• Designed to protect and preserve the environment and ensure the
sustainable development of its natural resources.

President Joseph Estrada

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.
Fifth Republic: President Joseph
Estrada
Second State of the Nation Address
• Clean Air Act

• 15-year modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Last State of the Nation Address

• Industries and schools into the Internet Age.

• Announcement of e-Commerce Act.

Macapagal
Arroyo
Fifth Republic: President Joseph
Estrada
• The science and technology sector of the Philippines was dubbed as
the "golden age“.

• the term "Filipinnovation" was the coined term used in helping the
Philippines to be an innovation hub in Asia.

• STI was developed further by strengthening the schools and

President Macapagal Arroyo
education system

R.A. 9367 or the "Biofuels" act

• This act promotes the development and usage of biofuels throughout
the country.
Fifth Republic: President
Macapagal Arroyo
Republic Act 10601
• Which improves the Agriculture and Fisheries Sector through
Mechanization (AFMech)
• research, development, and extension (RDE),
• promotion, distribution, supply, assembling, manufacturing, regulation, use,
operation, maintenance and project implementation of agricultural and fisheries
machinery and equipment
Benigno
Aquino III
Fifth Republic: President Joseph
Estrada
Conferred four new National Scientist for their contribution in the Scientific field

• Gavino C. Trono
- Contribution helped a lot of families in the coastal populations through the
extensive studies he made on seaweed species.
• Angel C. Alcala
- Served as the pioneer scientist and advocate of coral reefs aside from his
contribution in the fields of systematics.
• Ramon C. Barba
President Benigno Aquino III
- 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.
• Edgardo D. Gomez
- Steered the national-scale assessment of damage coral reefs which led a national conservation.