GE 7 – Science, Technology

and Society
Philippine Programs, Projects & Policies on
Science and Technology
What are the government projects?

Governmental project means the undertaking of a public

improvement, disturbance, development, construction or land-
use change by a State department or agency, county,
municipality or any other governmental entity except interior
alterations to an existing structure that involves no change of
use.
 Why the Philippine government introduced and implemented
several project and policies?

• The Philippine government introduced and implemented

programs , projects and policies to boost science and
technology. The goal is to prepare the whole country and its
people to meet the demands of a technologically driven world
and capacitate the people to live in a world driven by science.
Example of government projects
San Juanico
Bridge
The San Juanico Bridge
is part of the Pan-
Philippine Highway and
stretches from Samar to
Leyte across the San
Juanico Strait in the
Philippines.
List of Projects
• Air Traffic Services (ATS)-Air Navigation Services (ANS)
Project.
• Davao City Bypass Road O&M PPP Project.
• Northern Mindanao Railway Project.
• Pacific Eastern Seaboard Expressway (“Luzon Eastern
Seaboard”), Infanta – Atimonan Segment.
• San Mateo Railway Project.
• UP Citimall Development Project.