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Beyond elections: Let’s unite behind the newly elected leaders
By the time this morning’s newspapers hit the newsstands or are delivered to subscribers’ homes, the readers would be aware of the results of yesterday’s national and local elections. In the first two automated elections for President and Vice President in 2010 and 2016, a clear winner in the presidential election was known before midnight of election day. The vice-presidential race in both elections was characterized as being “too close to call;” the eventual winners were proclaimed by Congress a few weeks later.
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It must be ‘all hands on deck’ to help protect PH tourism
Among the most affected by the pandemic is the hospitality and tourism industry when lockdowns and quarantines forced hotels, resorts, bed-and-breakfast inns, amusement parks, etc. to shut their doors. Suddenly, the thriving and booming tourism sector faced its worst nightmare – airports were closed, tours got called off, room bookings were cancelled, events were put on hold indefinitely.
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Walk 100,000-plus steps and get a prize
To promote a healthy lifestyle, a barangay in Pasig City on Monday, May 16, offered vouchers that can be redeemed as prizes to residents who join a walking program and log in over 100,000 steps.
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The pandemic and the Philippine elections
How did candidates use the Covid pandemic in their discussions?
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PH hurdles formidable health and economic challenges with robust first-quarter GDP growth
The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 8.3 percent in the first quarter of 2022, higher than the 7.8 percent growth achieved in the fourth quarter of the previous year, and a significant reversal of the 3.8 percent decline a year ago. According to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua, the country’s growth rate was the fastest in East Asia. Real GDP also rose to ₱4.618 trillion from ₱4.46 trillion in the first quarter of 2019, thereby surpassing economic output in the pre-pandemic period.
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