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MANILA, Philippines --- Harnessing the power of technologies in 2012 to save lives, raise Filipinos' quality of life, and make science and technology (S&T) people-friendly have been the constant thrust of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

The DOST counts on its 18 attached agencies to come up with life-changing initiatives anchored on S&T.

DOST, its attached agencies, and other stakeholders make up the Philippines' S&T community.

Secretary Mario Go Montejo of the DOST has made clear yesterday the government's objective.

''DOST is focused on how to save and improve the quality of life of the Filipino people,'' he said.

He cited the significant role that Filipino scientists play in coming up with life-changing technologies.

''The challenge is for our scientists to make Juan de la Cruz feel the benefits that science and technology would bring to his life,'' Montejo stressed.

Looking back this year, one of the first things that would come to mind is the P1.6-billion Project NOAH, or the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards.

President Benigno S. Aquino III led NOAH's launching last July 6 this year in Marikina City, fittingly near the banks of perennially overflowing Marikina River.

Together with its eight components, chief among them DREAM-LiDAR for 3D-mapping of the country's 18 major rivers, NOAH was designed by Filipino scientists and other local bright minds to save lives and communities when Mother Nature unleashes its fury as it often happens in the Philippines.

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