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The DOST was formed as the National Science Development Board on January 30, 1957, during the administration of President Carlos P. Garcia. [2] The science body was formed as a result of a law passed in the Congress upon the recommendation of Dr. Frank Co Tui, who was tasked by Garcia to conduct a survey regarding the state of science and technology in the country.
The official mobile version of project NOAH was launched by then-DOST Secretary Mario Montejo and Smart Communications on 17 October 2012. The app was developed by Rolly Rulete together with Pablito Veroy and Jay Albano. The mobile application prototype was originally written in HTML5. [18] [19]
DOST centers also allow provide methodological assistance to employers and employees. DOST centers have the competence of registration of labor contracts. Furthermore, in special cases agency is providing unemployed people with an opportunity of self-employment, although providing a new system of disability determination. [7] [8]
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) considers itself as a succeeding agency of the regional office of the Philippine national government's Department of Science and Technology (DOST) which oversaw science and technology affairs in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Bangsamoro's predecessor regional government.
[1] [2] [3] Described as a "one-stop online communication and coordination platform for travelers and local government units", S-PaSS was launched on March 26, 2021. [2] It was developed by the DOST's Region VI (Western Visayas) office. [1] As of October 1, 2021, the S-PaSS have at least 3 million registered users. [4]
The groundbreaking for the DOST–PAGASA Mindanao Planetarium took place on March 15, 2019. [2] Contractor GCMG Construction was the contractor for the project, which was supposed to be completed by November 22, 2019. The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the planetarium project due to it not being finished by that date. [3]
Former DOST Secretary Ceferin Follosco reported that the budget allocation for science and technology was increased to 1.054 billion pesos in 1989 from the previous year's 464 million pesos. However, due to the Asian financial crisis , budget allocation for the years 1990 and 1991 were trimmed down to 920 and 854 million pesos respectively.
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is the national space agency of the Philippines.. The unified space agency is defined by the Philippine Space Act (Republic Act No. 11363) which was signed into law on August 8, 2019, by President Rodrigo Duterte, [4] intended to manage and operate the decentralized space program of the Philippine government, which was handled by various agencies of the ...