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Scientists from the activist group AGHAM, or the Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya para sa Sambayanan, raised their concern that the transfer of Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes to the Department of Energy (DOE) will result to the faster privatization of our energy resources and trigger runaway electricity prices.
 

Activist scientists group AGHAM or the Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya para sa Sambayanan spoke at the assembly of people's organizations for the march to the Batasan in time of the annual state of the nation address (SONA). Here is the text of the short speech that Dr. Giovanni Tapang, AGHAM national chairperson, delivered along Commonwealth Avenue in anticipation of the SONA speech of Gloria Arroyo.

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Introduction
 

The Science and Technology Scholarship Act or R.A. 7687 was enacted in 1994 for the purpose of “strengthening the country’s science and technology manpower by creating a pool of scientists, engineers and technicians who shall fill the needs of industrialization.” According to R. A.