Nearly one in eight Filipino households experienced multiple forms of deprivation beyond low income in 2024, with inadequate education and poor housing conditions emerging as the biggest contributors to the country’s first official multidimensional poverty index (MPI). The Philippine Statistics...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has expanded rolling stock capacity for the government’s flagship commuter rail project following the arrival of a third eight-car Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) trainset for the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR). According to the DOTr, the new...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) expects revenues generated from national trade fairs to grow by 43 percent on an annual basis to reach ₱1 billion this year. DTI Assistant Secretary Nylah Rizza Bautista said the sales target for trade shows this year is more than ₱1 billion, up from...
The Department of Energy deserves credit for taking a long-overdue step toward making electricity bills fairer: removing non-technical system losses from what ordinary consumers are required to pay. For too long, households and businesses that faithfully pay their bills have effectively been made...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is encouraging Filipinos to practice responsible rice consumption, including by promoting half-cup servings, as losses due to wastage reach more than ₱24 billion per year. “If every Filipino does a little, the country gains a lot, from less waste and healthier...
The 120 beds allocated for leptospirosis patients at San Lazaro Hospital are now fully occupied amid a surge in cases, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Edwin Mercado said on Tuesday, Aug. 25. “Marami nga ‘yung nasa San Lazaro. In fact, ‘yung 120 beds na nakalaan sa leptospirosis ay puno...
The Pasig Magokoro Elderly Care Facility highlighted the continuing Philippines-Japan cooperation in strengthening elderly care and improving services for senior citizens. Japanese government and Department of Health (DOH) officials visited the facility on Aug. 20 as part of the 4th...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking to strengthen its early-warning systems to prevent farm losses from market disruptions such as storms, after the agriculture sector reported nearly ₱2 billion in damages due to recent weather disturbances. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 24,...
The Philippines is seeking a $100-million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to expand solar-powered irrigation systems nationwide, providing small farmers with year-round access to water while improving farm productivity and resilience to drought. The latest ADB documents showed that the...
The Philippines has made significant progress in expanding universal health care (UHC), but inadequate government financing, high out-of-pocket costs, and severe shortages of health facilities and workers continue to constrain access to quality medical services, according to the Asian Development...
More than 4,000 leptospirosis cases have been recorded across the country, down 37 percent from the 6,839 cases logged in the same period last year, the Department of Health (DOH) bared on Monday, Aug. 24. Based on the agency’s data as of Aug. 22, the DOH recorded a total of 4,285 leptospirosis...
Apart from the proposed artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub in New Clark City, the Philippines plans to establish other projects under the United States-led Pax Silica initiative, including an economic zone focused solely on data centers. Trade Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo told lawmakers...
