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Activity 3
1. Discuss the traced development of science and technology from the pre-colonial
times up to the present.
I've noticed that early inventions are simply the forefathers of modern inventions.
The devices that we now have are extraordinary high-tech and greatly assist
people in their daily activities. Because the machines and devices we have today
are "upgraded" or "evolved" versions of what we had during the precolonial
period, people's work has become simpler over time. Also, the things that
evolved in the early years are the reasons that modern discoveries are possible.
2. Identify some achievements in the field of science and technology from
President Marcos up to the present administration.
A. Ferdinand Marcos
On March 17, 1982, late President Ferdinand E. Marcos issued Executive
Order No. 784, which established the Scientific Career System. On July 19,
1983, Executive Order 901 Prescribing the Rules and Regulations to
Implement the Scientific Career System was issued and formally establishing.
The System was established at the National Science and Technology Agency
(now the Department of Science and Technology), which was the primary
agency in charge of scientific and technological development. The Civil
Service Commission has been tasked with administering the System's
implementation under Presidential Decree No. 1416, with DOST as a co-
implementer.
B. Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino established the Presidential Task Force for Science and
Technology on August 8, 1988, and it produced the first Science and
Technology Master Plan or STMP. The STMP aimed for the Philippines to
become a newly industrialized country by the year 2000.
C. Fidel Ramos
He was able to establish programs that were important to the field of science
and technology. (Science and Technology Agenda for National Development)
was established in 1993. Among its priorities were the DTI's exporting
winners, the President's Council for Countryside Development's domestic
needs, support industries, and coconut industry development. During his
tenure, Congress was able to pass laws that were significant for the field.
Among them were the Magna Carta for Science and Technology Personnel
(Republic Act No. 8439), the Science and Technology Scholarship Law of
1994 (Republic Act No. 7687), and the Inventors and Inventions Incentives
Act (Republic Act No. 7687). (Republic Act No. 7459). The Intellectual
Property Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 8293) has enacted during
 Ramos' term. The law provides industrial property rights, copyrights, and
related rights, and technology transfer arrangements.
D. Joseph Estrada
He signed the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (Republic Act No. 8749),
which was design to protect and preserve the environment while also
ensuring the sustainable development of the country's natural resources, and
the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 (Republic Act No. 8792), which
criminalizes computer hacking and creates opportunities for new businesses
emerging from the Internet-driven New Economy. Aside from these, President
Estrada launched a large-scale program based on cost-effective irrigation
technologies in his first State of the Nation Address.
E. Gloria Arroyo
During the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration, then-secretary Estrella
Albastro referred to the Philippines' science and technology sector as the
"golden age" of science and technology. Numerous laws and projects of both.
The environment and science promote technology as a tool for increasing the
country's economic level. This would help increase the productivity of
Science, Technology, and Innovations (STI) and benefit the poor.
Furthermore, the term "Filipinnovation" was coin to assist the Philippines in
becoming an Asian innovation hub.
F. Benigno Aquino Jr.
President Benigno S. Aquino III conferred the rank and title of National
Scientist on four distinguished scientists, Academicians Gavino C. Trono,
Angel C. Alcala, Ramon C. Barba, and Edgardo D. Gomez, on August 12,
2014, at the Malacaang Palace, in recognition of their outstanding works and
contributions to science and technology.
G. Rodrigo Duterte
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte formally presented the rank and title of Order
of National Scientist to Dr. Emil Q. Javier, former Minister of Science and
Technology and an advocate of agricultural modernization, during a
ceremony held at Malacañang Palace on January 7, 2020. In August 2019,
the president issued Proclamation 781, which recognizes Dr. Javier's
outstanding work in agriculture as his contributions to the advancement of
science and technology in the Philippines and around the world. It also
highlighted Dr. Javier's commitment to addressing the needs of the poor
through modern science, as well as the active role he is playing in informing
the public about how science is using to improve access to food and health,
as well as in ensuring high safety standards in biotechnological innovation
research and production.
 Name greatest scientific technological contributions of the colonizers brought
in the country that promotes nation-building.
The most visible example of science and technology contributions is in the
Philippines. And the establishment of research institutions like the International
Rice Research Institute (IRRI). It is the largest non-profit agricultural research
and development center in Asia. It was responsible for this development on
various cultivars that allowed rice to be grown on an industrial scale throughout
Asia in the 1960s. IRRI cultivars or their descendants account for 60 percent of
the world's rice crops. Science and technology are critical to the growth and
development of any country. Technology plays a role in wealth creation,
improving quality of life, and economic development and change in every culture.
The foundation of how science and technology apply to society is the creation of
new knowledge. Thus, the application of that knowledge to improve human well-
being and address societal problems. Physics, astrophysics, artificial intelligence,
robotics, and other fields face challenges in the Philippines due to a lack of
laboratories and scientific institutions. However, because the Philippines has a
scientific infrastructure such as genetics, agriculture, food manufacturing, and
conservation (a legacy of the American commonwealth era), Filipinos prefer to
excel in those.

Fifth Republic: Corazon Aquino

President Corazon Aquino urged scientists and inventors to restore the

Philippines' former position as second only to Japan in science and technology.
One of her administration's goals was to achieve the status of an industrialized
country by the year 2000. The contributions of science and technology to
Philippine nation-building are linked together to its socio-economic progress and
its industrialization. Today, the current state of our country is low in its capacity
to produce local goods for domestic needs in international scientific research
publications.  Ironically, it was during President Corazon Aquino’s term that
reorganization of Philippine bureaucracy that Executive Order No.128 abolished
R.A. No. 3859, also known as the “Philippine Inventors Incentive Act.”