Meager DoST budget to adversely affect research and development By Gerry Baldo 09/08/2010

Meager DoST budget to adversely affect research and development
By Gerry Baldo
09/08/2010

The budget allotted by the Aquino administration to the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) smacks of neglect for the sector, lawmakers said during a hearing on the proposed General Appropriations Act for 2011 yesterday.

Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez and Nueva Viscaya Rep. Carlos Padilla said that the agency is being deprived of its potential to improve its equipment and others resources particularly those of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

Rodriguez said that the budget proposal submitted by Malacañang for the DoST should be cause for concern for this agency’s officials.

“You compare that budget to that of education’s P104 billion budget and you have only P6 billion, I cannot see why the secretary is not angry,” Rodriguez said yesterday..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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