TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim Former DICT Undersecretary The internet has allowed everyone, individuals and businesses alike, to cope with the current crisis. Before the pandemic, some may still have viewed the internet as a luxury, but today, it has become vital. The digital highway has allowed us...
The Duterte administration has so far borrowed more than P1 trillion from foreign lenders for the government’s coronavirus response, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. As of Jan. 14, 2022, the national government already raised a total of $22.55 billion, or roughly P1.15 trillion, in budgetary...
The Philippines needs to maintain the momentum seen in the second semester of last year to sustain its economic recovery, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Undersecretary and Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said the robust growth in the final two quarters of 2021 should be sustained even...
The Duterte administration registered a strong fiscal performance last year that enabled the government to maintain macroeconomic stability and helped maintain investor confidence, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Undersecretary and Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said as he pointed out...
More than 13,000 passport appointment slots intended for overseas Filipino workers were left unused in January 2022, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) bared. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay disclosed that of the 13,650...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has vowed to finish the road projects in Zamboanga region that would ensure interconnectivity of towns and provinces in the area. Among those project were Alicia-Malangas Road and Lutiman-Guicam-Olutanga Road both in Zamboanga Sibugay; and...
The construction of Panguil Bay Bridge connecting Tubod, Lanao del Norte and Tangub City, Misamis Occidental is nearly halfway through, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain, fourth from right,...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 17,677 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Jan. 25. DOH/MB According to the agency, all labs were operational on January 23, 2022. However, 6 labs were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). "Based on...
This summer, a new bridge connecting Binondo and Intramuros in Manila will be available to motorists. Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) Undersecretary and ‘Build Build Build’ program chief implementer Emil Sadain, middle, leads the inspection of the new bridge connecting Binondo and...
The Philippines is still a lucrative destination for foreign investors with its long-term favorable growth prospect being bolstered by a strong recovery in foreign direct investments (FDI), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran said on Thursday, Jan. 19, noting...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, Jan. 18 an additional 28,471 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the lowest number since the past week. (FILE PHOTO) The country's daily COVID-19 cases have not been lower than 30,000 since exactly one week ago on Jan. 11 with 28,007 new...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) wants to reposition the metrics used by the government in setting policy response to the pandemic, particularly the daily tracker of COVID-19 cases. Socioeconomic Planning Undersecretary Rosemarie G. Edillon said on Tuesday, Jan. 18, that...
