GOVERNMENT

POLICIES ON SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
AND OTHER LAWS IN
TECHNOLOGY
The Philippine government introduced and
implemented several programs, projects and
policies to boost the area of 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.
According to the Padilla-Concepcion (2015)
In response to the ASEAN 2015 Agenda, the
government, particularly the Department of Science
and Technology (DOST), has sought the expertise of
the National Research Council of the Philippines to
consult various sectors in the society to study how the
Philippines can prepare itself in meeting the ASEAN
2015 Goal. As a result of the consultation, the NCRP is
expected to recommend policies and programs that
will improve the competitiveness of the Philippines in
the ASEAN Region.
 THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE
PHILIPPINES (NCRP) CLUSTERED THESE POLICIES
INTO 4 CATEGORIES

1. Social Sciences, Humanities, Education,

International Policies and Governance.
2. Physics, Engineering and Industrial Research, Earth
and Space Sciences, and Mathematics.
3. Medical, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
4. Biological Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry.
1. Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, International
Policies and Governance.
 The NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES
(NCRP) Clustered these policies into 4.

Integrating ASEAN awareness

Emphasizing teaching in the
in basic education without
mother tongue
adding to the curriculum

Developing school
infrastructure and providing Local food security
for ICT broadband
2. Physics, Engineering and Industrial Research,
Earth and Space Sciences, and Mathematics.
 The NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE
PHILIPPINES (NCRP) CLUSTERED THESE PLOCIES INTO
4

Emphasizing degrees,
Outright grants for peer
licenses, and employment
monitoring
opportunities

Harnessing science and

technology as an
Review of RA9184
independent mover of
developement
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.
 It is a Philippine law that prescribes the necessary rules to
address the lack of transparency and competition in
government procurement, eliminate collusion and interference,
and lessen the delay in the procurement process by creating
the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB)
3. Medical, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Ensuring compliance of drug-manufacturing firms with ASEAN-harmonized

standards by full implementation of the Food and Drug Administration

Creating and 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 two percent (2%) of the GDP to research

Legislating a law supporting human genome projects

4. Biological Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry.

Protecting and conserving

biodiversity by full Use of biosafety and standard
implementation of existing model by ASEAN countries
law

Promoting indigenous
knowledge systems and Formulation of common food
indigenous people’s and safety standards
conservation
• Providing funds for basic research and
patents related to science and technology
• Providing scholarships for undergraduate
and graduate studies of students in the
field of science and technology.
• Establishing more branches of the
Philippine Science High School System
• Balik Scientist Program to encourage Filipino
scientists abroad to come home and work in
the Philippines
• Developing science and technology parks in
academic campuses to encourage academe
and industry partnerships.
• The establishment of the National Science
Complex and National Engineering Complex
within the University of the Philippines
Campus in Diliman
 SCIENCE ACT OF 1958
 The development of Science and technology became official
state policy after RA 2067 or the Science Act of 1958 was
established. It illustrated provisions that were like those of
the act that came preceded it, which required the creation of
the National Science Development Board.
 DOST has been putting efforts to ingrain certainty and trust
in public awareness. The truth will surface eventually if the
state will keep on receiving the rewards of its investment in
the public pursuits in the science.
 Advantages of Science and Technology

 The vast improvements in the field of medicine have

served to lengthen our life expectancy and to reduce
the rate of infant mortality.
 The discovery of mechanization, better seeds, better
techniques of irrigation and pest control, has worked
to increase productivity levels on farms.
 In transportation, railway, modern ocean liner, jet
plane, and motor vehicle have made our lives more
comfortable and provided great possibilities for
modern commercial development and
industrialization.
 The invention of the computer has assisted the
process of calculation in laboratories
 Technology has made communication much simpler
in recent times.
 Science has brought about groundbreaking solutions
to numerous deadly diseases
 Man is able to explore the space extensively
because of the wide-scale development in
technology.
 Modern hygiene, sanitation, medicine and surgery
are conquering more and more physical and mental
ills daya by day,
 Disadvantages of Science and Technology

 It can be easily handled by irresponsible people.

 Too independent. Technology fails, we are helpless
 Invasion of our private life
 Rising rate of cyber criminality, hacking, theft of
personal information and pornography websites
 Economies lagging behind integration of new
technologies are seen as poor economies and their
progress in the world is hampered.
 Science has been responsible for pollution and given
us the nuclear bomb that threatens our very
existence.
 Machines have led to unemployment.
 They have causes noise pollution
 Machines makes us mechanical, deaden our
sensibilities, stifle our creative talents, increase our
wants and desires and boredom upon us.
 Geographical distance has, no doubt, vanished, but
the gulf between the minds and hearts of man has
widened.
PHILIPPINES
LAW IN
TECHNOLOGY
 Anti-Cybercrime Law
 Republic Act 10175, Signed by Former
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III,
September 12, 2012.

 It aims to address legal issues concerning

online interactions and the Internet in the
Philippines

 Among the cybercrime offenses included in

the bill are cybersquatting, cybersex, child
pornography, identity theft, illegal access to
data and libel.
 ACCESS DEVICES REGULATION ACT
 Republic Act 8484, AN ACT REGULATING
THE ISSUANCE AND USE OF ACCESS
DEVICES, PROHIBITING FRAUDULENT ACTS
COMMITTED RELATIVE THERETO,
PROVIDING PENALTIES AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
 The bill introduced by Senator Manny Villar
known as the “Credit Card Fraud Act” seeks
to deter the commission of credit card fraud
and to protect the banking and financial
institutions by providing remedies for
problems arising from the commission of
such fraudulent acts.
 One of the most important advancement in
technology is the discovery and the widespread
use of access device in commercial transactions.
The growth of credit card usage in the Philippines
and other countries has very much expanded so
possibilities of fraud have become numerous.
Since many people use these access devices many
problems crop up due to fraud.
 ANTI-WIRE TAPPING LAW
 Republic Act No. 4200,
• It is illegal to record any private
communication or spoken word without being
authorized by all parties involved.
• It is illegal to tap any wire or cable or by
using any other device or by arrangement, to
secretly overhear, intercept or record a
communication using a device such as phone,
tape recorder, voice recorder or any other
device.
• Replay the recording for any other person
without authority
• Communicate the contents either verbally or
in writing without authority
• To furnish transcriptions of the recording
without authority
• To knowingly possess any records of the
conversation in violation of the law
 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
 Republic Act No. 8293, THE INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY CODE, is an act that outlines the
intellectual property rights of a Filipino
citizen, and the benefits to which he/she is
entitled.

 The law is divided into five parts: the

intellectual property office, the law on
patents, the law on trademarks, service
marks and trade names, the law on
copyright and other financial provisions.
 The government agency responsible for implementing the
Intellectual Property Code in the Philippines is the Bureau
of Patents, Trademarks and Technology Transfer, which is
further divided into 6 sub-sectors, namely: Bureau of
Patents; Bureau of Trademarks; Bureau of Legal Affairs;
Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer
Bureau; Management Information System and EDP
Bureau; and Administrative, Financial and Personnel
Services Bureau.
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