The Year 2011 in Retrospect
More critical than ever
By SEN. EDGARDO J. ANGARA
December 31, 2011, 5:53pm
MANILA, Philippines — Two weeks ago, storm Sendong wrought havoc on
Northern Mindanao and Eastern Visayas, taking the lives of more than a
thousand people. But Sendong was not the only obstacle that took the
Philippines by storm in 2011.A series of oil price hikes during the first quarter drove up the prices of food and other basic commodities in the country, as in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, the Eurozone debt crisis, China's cooling economy and the continued economic slump in the United States slowed global economic growth, affecting the Philippines’ own. Political unrest, fueled by discontent over persisting inequalities and job losses, has spilled over the rest of the world through the Occupy Movement..... MORE
Source: MB.com
URL: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/346625/the-year-2011-retrospect
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"Meanwhile, the Congressional Commission on Science, Technology, and Engineering (COMSTE) which I chair, has garnered support from the private sector to form partnerships towards fostering innovation. COMSTE is at the center of a national innovation program that will incentivize innovation in the country in a harmonized, single-minded, and dedicated manner. These are the innovation clusters in the areas of algal research and commercialization; precision farming and smart agriculture; disaster science and management; responsible mining technologies; and cloud computing and Softwareas a service, which we have funded under the 2012 national budget. These area-based clusters will create synergy among the government, industry, and academe, and leverage the limited resources each possesses to fast-track the generation of innovation that can address national challenges."
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