12 Priority Ares for S&T Development

1. Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources0

2. Health and Medical Services
3. Biotechnology
4. Information and Communication Technology
5. Microelectronics
6. Materials, Science and Engineering
7. Earth and Marine Services
8. Fisheries and Aquaculture
9. Environment
10. Energy
11. Natural disaster mitigation Manufacture and service engineering

• RA 2067- Science Act of 1958 - an act to integrate coordinate and intensify scientific and technological
research and development and to foster invention to provide funds therefore and for other purposes •
Former Pres. Corazon C. Aquino helped establish the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
which formulated the Science and Technology Master Plan
(STMP) 1991- 2000 which aims to make the country Newly Industrialized Country
(NIC) LAWS LISTED
• RA 2067- ”Science Act of 1958”
• RA 3589- An Act Amending 2067
• RA 5207- Act Providing Licensing and Regulation of Atomic Energy
• PD no.49,s.1972 establishment of PAGASA
• PD no. 334,s.1973- Creation of PNOC (Philippine National Oil Company)
• RA 8749 Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
• RA 8792- Act providing for the Recognition and Use of Electronic Commercial and Non-commercial
Transactions
• RA 9367- “BIOFUELS” Act of 2006
• RA 9513- The Renewable Act of 2008”
• RA 10175- Philippine Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
• RA 10612- An Act Expanding the Coverage of the S&T Scholarships Program and Strengthening the
Teaching of Science and Math
• RA 10844- Act Creating the DICT (Dep’t. of Information and Communication Technology)