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“The economic costs of volcanic and seismic activity can be steep.”

This is according to Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Sarte Salceda during his sponsorship speech at the House Committee on (S&T) meeting on PHIVOLCS Modernization bills last February 21, 2023. 

Salceda explained that in the 1992-1996 period, when volcanic eruptions and seismic activity were especially damaging for the Philippines, some estimates suggest that losses were at USD 2 billion, which at today’s prices should now be around USD 6.25 billion, or a staggering P343 billion. The foregone income from Taal activity in 2020 alone could have hit as high as P6.6 billion, according to NEDA estimates.

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There are three (3) barangays in Santiago Island, Bolinao, Pangasinan that are set to benefit from the Community Empowerment through Science and Technology (CEST) Program being implemented by the Department of Science and Technology Regional Office No. I (DOST-I) this year.  

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To lay down priority programs and policies of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and seek support from policy champions, DOST officials led by Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. paid a courtesy visit to House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Representative Martin G. Romualdez on 22 February 2023 at the House of Representatives, Quezon City.

Secretary Solidum emphasized the need to enhance the capacity and capability of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) to better provide services critical to disaster planning, preparation, and mitigation, among others.

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ARINGAY, LA UNION – The backbone of the economy rests on the communities when they become productive, secured and enabled. Realizing the need to make our communities, down to the barangay units, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), for the past years, has pushed the Community Empowerment through Science and Technology (CEST program in the regions to make the citizenry self-reliant, capable of contributing to the development of their communities.