For the government’s digitalization efforts to succeed and benefit the people, it needs to provide more funds for research and development (R&D) in the national budget, former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Thursday.
Lacson said government agencies must use homegrown R&D to develop solutions, and go beyond “googling” for equipment and technologies imported from abroad.
“When we scrutinize the national budget, I noticed that R&D accounts for only 0.4 percent. How can we become self-reliant when we are so dependent on imports?” he said in Filipino in an interview on “Bakit Ikaw? The DZRH Job Interview.”
“Isn’t it better to have homegrown solutions? We must bolster our research,” he added.
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