Science, Technology & Innovation

Digitalization of Financial Management Systems. The Ministry shall endeavor to digitalize the manual systems of financial management. For this purpose, an amount of Thirty-Five Million Eight Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand and Eight Hundred Forty-Seven Pesos (₱35,896,847.00) shall be used to operationalize a centralized Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Facility subject to the submission of an approved MFBM IT Infrastructure Plan.

Complementary Feeding Program. The amount of Six Million Pesos (₱6,000,000.00) herein appropriated for the Complementary Feeding Program under Nutrition Program for pregnant women and children ages zero (0) to twenty-four (24) months shall be used for the dietary supplementation, including the purchase of therapeutic milk and other protein-enriched foods, to improve their nutritional status. In no case shall more than 1.5% of the said amount be used to cover administrative and monitoring expenses. To provide for the complete nutrition for children, the MOH through its Nutrition Division shall coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform, Ministry of Science and Technology, and other concerned Ministries/Offices/Agencies for the incorporation of fresh milk and milk-based food products and other protein-, vitamin-, and mineral-enriched foods.

Hospital and Other Health Care Facilities Income. In addition to the amounts herein appropriated, all income generated from the operations of provincial hospitals, district hospitals and municipal hospitals, including drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation centers and facilities, blood service facilities (blood stations, blood collection units, blood banks), laboratories, and other revenue-generating unitsnot mentioned under the Ministry shall be deposited in an authorized government depository bank, of which the twenty percent (20%) be remitted to the Bangsamoro Treasury Office. The remaining eighty percent (80%) may be used to augment the hospitals and other health facilities' MOOE and Capital Outlay requirements, subject to the following conditions: (i) at least twenty-five Percentage (25%) of said income shall be utilized to purchase and upgrade hospital equipment used directly in the delivery of health services and the remaining balance shall be used for MOOE, including the hiring of health workers on Job-Order basis; and (ii) income sourced from PhilHealth reimbursements from availment of medical services shall be used exclusively by said hospitals and other health care facilities for the improvement of their facilities, and for the replenishment of drugs, medicines and vaccines, including medical and dental supplies used in government health care facilities. In no case shall said amount be used for the payment of salaries, allowances and other benefits. Disbursements and expenditures by the hospitals and other health care facilities under the Ministry in violation of the above requirements shall be void and shall subject the erring officials and employees to disciplinary actions in accordance with existing laws. The Ministry shall prepare and submit the annual operating budget through the Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities for the current year and the corresponding expenditures to the Ministry of Finance, and Budget and Management not later than November 15 of the preceding year. Likewise, it shall submit to the MFBM not later than March 1 of the current year its audited financial statements for the immediately preceding year. The provincial hospitals, district hospitals and municipal hospitals shall submit quarterly report of the receipts and expenditures on the use of their income to the Ministry of Health. MOH shall thereafter submit a copy of the report to the Ministry of Finance, and Budget and Management and to the Committee on Finance, and Budget and Management. The Health Minister, the Ministry's web administrator or his/her equivalent, and the Chiefs of Hospitals shall be responsible for ensuring that the foregoing documents are likewise posted on the Ministry's/Hospital's website.

Research, Development and Innovation. The amount of Thirty Million Pesos (₱30,000,000.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for Research and Development, subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, a list of researches to be funded and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Science and Technology Services. The amount of Six Hundred Thousand Pesos (₱600,000.00) herein appropriated as Capital Outlay shall be used exclusively for the procurement of SAFEWTRS for Technology Assistance for Commercialization Project (TechACP), and shall only be spent on high quality equipment/items, subject to the submission of procurement plan and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM

Bangsamoro Standards and Halal Testing Laboratories. The amount of Nine Million Four Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Four Hundred Eighty Pesos (₱9,474,480.00) and Five Million Four Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Forty Pesos (₱5,489,040.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for the procurement of Machineries and Equipment, and Supplies and Materials, respectively, for the Physico- Chemistry Laboratory, Microbiology Laboratory, Metrology Laboratory, Halal Verification Laboratory and Shelf-Life Laboratory subject to the submission of status report of implementation to MFBM.

Science Education, Scholarship, and Grants. The amount of Three Hundred Twenty-One Million Four Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (₱321,454,500.00) herein appropriated shall be used for the following Scholarship Grants, subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of qualified scholars, and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM, as follows:

• Sixty-Eight Million Five Hundred Sixty Thousand Pesos (₱68,560,000.00) for the Bangsamoro Assistance for Science Education (BASE), which shall provide ₱8,000.00 monthly scholarship for each qualified grantee;₱68,560,000.00
• One Hundred Twenty-Eight Million Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (₱128,200,000.00) for the Bangsamoro Assistance for Science Education - Merit (BASE - Merit), which shall provide ₱20,000.00 monthly scholarship for each qualified grantee;₱128,200,000.00
• Forty Million Pesos (₱40,000,000.00) for the Bangsamoro Special Assistance for Science Education (BSASE), which shall provide ₱8,000.00 monthly scholarship for each qualified grantee;₱40,000,000.00
• Thirty-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (₱32,500,000.00) for the Post-Graduate Assistance for Science Education (PASE), which shall provide ₱26,000.00 monthly scholarship for each qualified grantee;₱32,500,000.00
• Eight Million One Hundred Ninety-Four Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (₱8,194,500.00) for Bangsamoro International Graduate Study for Science and Technology (BIGAST), which shall provide ₱60,700.00 monthly scholarship for each qualified grantee; and₱8,194,500.00
• Forty-Four Million Pesos (₱44,000,000.00) for Mudjahideen Assistance for Science Education (MASE), which shall provide ₱8,000.00 monthly scholarship for each qualified grantee.₱44,000,000.00

Science Education, Scholarship, and Grants. The amounts of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (₱3,500,000.00) herein appropriated under Capital Outlay shall be used for the procurement of machineries and equipment for STARBOOKS subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines and status report of STARBOOKS procured and distributed to MFBM.

Advance Science and Technology. The amounts of One Million Nine Hundred Twenty Thousand Pesos (₱1,920,000.00) and Five Million One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Pesos (₱5,118,000.00), appropriated for Advertising and Subscription Expenses, shall be used exclusively for the operationalization of the Weather Monitoring System, and the Early Warning and Weather Monitoring System, respectively.

Bangsamoro Agri-Fishery Evidence (Exploration of Value-adding and Innovative Development based on Evidence, Nature-friendly, Collaborative and Excellence). The amount of Forty-Five Million One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Two Pesos (₱45,156,342.00) herein appropriated, subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM, shall be used for the Operation of Bangsamoro Integrated Laboratories as follows;

• Five Million One Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P5,158,500.00) for the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory;₱5,158,500.00
• Eleven Million Fifty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Two Pesos (P11,059,872.00) for the Regional Soil Laboratory; and₱11,059,872.00
• Twenty Eight Million Nine Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Pesos (P28,937,970.00) for the Feed Chemical Analysis Laboratory.₱28,937,970.00