Welcome Message

Excerpts from the Welcome Message of Hon. Alfred Romuladez,

In his welcome message, Mayor Afred Romualdez conveyed his congratulations to the department for its 50th anniversary. “The DOST has been in existent for the past five decades and lead a strong force in the development of science and technology in our country,” He cited The SONA of the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He particularly stated that “70% of SONA were really addressing the critical situation of our country, mostly crisis pertaining to food, even fuel crisis, [and] living conditions of our people.” Putting in mind these problems, the mayor recalled that it was a Filipino who designed the first vehicle used in the moon. Perhaps he realized that basing on the ingenuities of the Filipino brilliant mind there is hope for our country as he stated that “if our government would put more emphasis and maybe even give more funding to the Department of Science and Technology it could be a big help in solving the crisis.”

With this in mind, he encouraged the S & T sector to “come up with something that could help us.” He pushed to come up with innovations that are adoptable to our culture something “that could help the living conditions of the people. Not only living conditions but even help build a strong foundation to improve the livelihood.”

With his desire to help he made assurance of support to the department and even suggested to “come up with a system wherein we can work hand in hand” where the City Government can give DOST more support in order to push the region to be out of poverty.

The video below covers the complete message of Hon. Romualdez.