The World Bank is eager on supporting the government’s bid to digitalize services and modernize the bureaucracy, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement Thursday, Aug. 11, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the Washington-based multilateral institution was willing to extend...
The International Finance Corp. (IFC) said it will assist the Communication and Renewable Energy Infrastructure (CREI) Phils Inc. in funding the construction of shared telecommunications towers across the country. Jean-Marc Arbogast, IFC Philippines country manager, said on Thursday, Aug. 4, that...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects the Philippine economy to grow at a much faster pace this year despite accelerating consumer prices. In the Asian Development Outlook 2022 Supplement report released on Thursday, July 21, the Manila-based multilateral institution raised its gross domestic...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan We need to focus on ensuring national food security now to prevent shortages in the future. Various groups and individuals have been sounding this alarm, particularly in the last few months. As the country transitions to a new administration, with President Marcos also...
"The reports are nothing but a rehash of old and recycled issues." This was how Malacañang described the US State Department's 2021 Reports on Human Rights Practices in the Philippines, saying the United States should put its embassy officials in Manila to work to verify the information it is...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año is pushing for the implementation of Alert Level 1 nationwide in a bid to boost the country’s economy. “Yes, 'yun ang ating adhikain d'yan. Dapat buong Pilipinas under Alert Level 1 para talagang halos ang ating...
If you're wondering how the UniTeam tandem of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos and vice presidential bet Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte was received in the opposition bailiwick of Tarlac on Saturday, April 2, then these photos might give you an idea. During the Marcos-Duterte caravan around...
WALA LANG This month we commemorate the 501st anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival, highlighted by an exhibition in the National Museum, El Viaje mas Largo – La Primera Vuelta del Mundo. The festivities center on “the longest journey, the first circumnavigation of the globe.” Nothing...
The Philippines is now the second happiest country in Southeast Asia, according to the 2022 World Happiness Report (WHR), Malacañang announced. (FILE PHOTO) Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said the Philippines earned the second spot among Southeast Asian countries in the...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacaon said he wants to continue serving the country. ‘’Among all the Presidential aspirants —narito man o laging absent — walang sinuman kundi ako ang sadya at aktwal na nagsugal ng sariling buhay sa pagligtas sa panganib ng sinuman (--be it present...
Bataan was "Marcos and Duterte country" back in May 2016; it will be the same case in May 2022. Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman practically gave this prediction on Thursday, March 17, during presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos's visit to the province. (Photo from Geraldine Roman's...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Having run out of new books to read, I picked through dusty shelves for something to rediscover. And there it was, a slender little book in sunset shades of orange and gold. During a black period of deadly assassinations, character assassination, attention-calling crimes,...
