Former Senator Panfilo Lacson calls for increased government funding for research and development (R&D) to bolster the Philippines' digitalization efforts. He emphasizes the need for homegrown solutions and criticizes the country's heavy reliance on imported technologies.
For the government’s digitalization efforts to succeed and benefit the people, it needs to provide more funds for research and development in the national budget, former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Thursday.
“When we scrutinize the national budget, I noticed that R&D accounts for only 0.4 percent,” Lacson laments. Lacson, who noted other countries allot at least 10 percent of their budget to R&D, said R&D can be the key to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s push for digitalization.
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