SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
FIDEL
VALDEZ
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ACHIEVEMENTS
30TH JUNE 1992 – 30TH JUNE 1998
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His father, Narciso Ramos (
1900-1986) was a layer,
crusading journalist and 5
term legislator of The House of
Representatives.
Born on March 18,
1928
in Bingayen,
His Mother, Angela Valdez,
Ramos (1905-1977) an
educator, woman suffragette
and daughter of the Valdez
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Fidel V. Ramos is the only officer in the
country to have every military rank from
Second Lieutenant
to Commander-inChief.
Economic, Technological development and
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Political Stability were all achieved and
witnessed
during Ramos` term of
Presidency.
He was also efficient in
delivering the basic needs of
the people.
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There were noticeable
improvements regarding
science and technology as
stated in President Fidel
Ramos' State of the
Nation Address. In his
third SONA, there was a
significant increase in
personnel specializing in
the science and
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technology field.
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1998, the Philippines was
estimated to have around
3,000 competent scientists
and engineers. Adding to
the increase of scientists
would be the result of the
two newly built Philippine
Science High Schools in
Visayas and Mindanao
which promotes further
development of young
kids through advance S&T
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The government provided
3,500 scholarships for
students who were taking up
professions related to S&T.
Schools were becoming more
modernized and updated
with the addition of high-tech
equipment for student
improvement and teachers
were getting training
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programs to benefit
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themselves and their
Health care services
were promoted
through local
programs such as
"Doctors to the Barrio
Program." The health
care programs were
innovative and
effective as shown by
the change in life
expectancy from 67.5
years in 1992 to 69.1
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Priority for S&T personnel
increased when Magna Carta
for Science and Technology
Personnel (Republic Act No.
8439) was established. The
award was published in order
to give incentives and
rewards for people who have
been influential in the field of
In the sixth SONA,
education was one of the
primary story-lines wherein
programs such as National
Program for Gifted Filipino
Children in Science and
Technology and enactment
of a law creating a
nationwide system of high
schools specializing in the
field of science and
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Fidel V. Ramos believes that
science and technology was
one of the means wherein the
Philippines could attain the
status of new industrialized
country (NIC). During his
In 1993, Science and
term, he was able to establish
Technology Agenda for
programs that were
National Development
significant to the field of S&T
(STAND) was established.
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Among its priorities were:
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(1)exporting winners
identified by the DTI
(2) domestic needs
identified by the President's
Council for Countryside
Development
(3) support industries and
(4) coconut industry
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development
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Congress, during his term, was
able to enact laws that were
significant for the field. Among
were:
(1) Magna Carta for Science
and Technology Personnel
(Republic Act No. 8439)
(2) Science and Technology
Scholarship Law of 1994
(Republic Act No. 7687) and
(3) Inventors and Inventions
Incentives Act
Intellectual Property
Code of the
Philippines
(Republic Act No.
8293) was enacted
during Ramos' term.
The law provides
industrial property
rights, copyrights
and related rights,
and technology
transfer
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In 1993, President Fidel V Ramos issued
two executive orders that sought to demonopolize the telecommunications
industry that was then-dominated by the
Philippine Long Distance Telephone
Company (PLDT). By encouraging
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competition
from
new,
smaller
players,
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Ramos hoped to address the problems
back then of backlogs in landline
subscriptions in the countryside
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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 270
August 9, 1995 FIDEL
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Requiring All Philippine RAMOS
Diplomatic And Consular
Posts To Assist In
Organizing Expatriate
Filipino Scientists,
Technologists, Engineers,
And Allied Professionals In
Their Jurisdictions Into
Overseas Chapters Of
(Philippine) Science And
Overseas chapters of
Science and Technology
Advisory Councils (STACs)
have been organized by
Filipinos in New York,
Washington, D.C., San
Francisco, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Detroit, Houston,
New Orleans, Honolulu,
Ottawa, Vancouver,
Toronto, Stockholm,
STACs have been supporting FIDEL
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the Science and Technology RAMOS
(S & T) thrusts of the
National Security
Philippines by monitoring
Council (NSC) has
scientific and technological
proposed that the
developments abroad,
foreign-based STACs
facilitating technology
be utilized in
transfers, and performing
Philippine capacityvoluntary consulting work,
building for
and functioning as conduits
technology
of assistance for beneficiary
assessments,
groups in the Philippines SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
acquisitions and
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Department of
Science and
Technology
(DOST) acts as
the advisory
agency in
identifying the S
&T
requirements for
tapping foreignbased scientists
as information
Department of Foreign Affairs
(DFA) in collaboration with the
DOST serves as the coordinating
body in the Philippines in
matching the country's S & T
requirements with expertise of
foreign-based scientists through
STACnet
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Members of STACs have proven to be
effective in tapping foreign-based
scientists as information source in
coordination with the DFA, thus
supporting NSC and DOST in the
Science and Technology Agenda for
National Development
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Members of STCs are
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linked worldwide
through STACnet, an
The first Philippine hook-up
electronic mail facility in
to the Internet was made
the Internet, a global
possible by STACnet, proof of
communications
their determination to bring
network, thus enabling
them to gather and move new technology to the
Philippines
information faster
Members of STACs have created a means to
reverse the "brain-drain" of Filipino experts
through their "brain-gain" program
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The said chapters of
STACs and their volunteer
members are valuable
partners in the economic
development of the
Philippines, contributing
to overall efforts to
achieve the status of
newly industrializing
country by the year 2000
Cities wherein Philippine
Embassies and Consulates
are located, there is still a
large number of untapped
expatriate Filipino
scientists, technologists,
engineers, and applied
professional who have
expressed their willingness
and desire to organize new
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Cities wherein Philippine
Embassies and Consulates are
located, there is still a large
number of untapped
expatriate Filipino scientists,
technologists, engineers, and
applied professional who
have expressed their
willingness and desire to
organize new STAC chapters