Alliance of Filipino women Gabriela staged a noise barrage in Quezon City to protest against the “severe economic crisis” as well as demand salary increase and decent job opportunities for all. (Photo courtesy of Gabriela) Members of Gabriela on Monday afternoon, Feb. 27, trooped in front of...
A group of education workers on Thursday, Feb. 23, expressed disappointment over the “obvious aversion” of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to the calls for a salary increase for teachers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “Instead of recognizing the economic hardships of public...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara A recent Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report showed an alarming increase in girls getting pregnant during their formative years. The data indicates that births to mothers aged 10 to 14 years old have increased every year since 2016 even while the overall...
BUSINESS TALK By PCCI CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. CO The Philippines’s corn production needs to double to meet local demand and ensure that it will be unaffected if there is a global supply imbalance. With the current situation, the country is in a very vulnerable situation that when global corn supply...
Two key government agencies will have at its disposal for this year an accumulated P3.41-billion increase in its feeding funds, Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto bared on Monday, Feb. 6. Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte (left) and DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian...
President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, said that the government is implementing a program to assist onion farmers in increasing their yield in order to stabilize supply and lower the commodity's price. FARMERS harvest onions in a remote...
In a bid to reduce the “unreasonable” egg prices in the country despite ample supply, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., who concurrently heads the Department of Agriculture (DA), has directed DA Undersecretary Domingo F. Panganiban to meet with egg producers and traders to find...
A pro-farmer congressman said he expects the P30-billion increase in this year's agriculture sector budget to translate to improved services for local farmers, which would in turn help keep food prices down. Onions at a Quezon City supermarket (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list...
Bird flu or avian influenza—a respiratory disease of birds caused by influenza A viruses—has caused the rise in the price of eggs in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said, Thursday, Jan. 12. Eggs (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) “Tinamaan po tayo ng avian influenza (bird flu) so...
The proposed fare increases of the Light Rail Transit 1 and 2 have to go through the "proper regulatory process", including public consultation and hearing, as well as the approval of the LRT Authority (LRTA) Board of Directors. The LRTA issued the clarification on Thursday, Jan. 12. The LRTA...
Citing the steady soar of inflation, a group of education workers urged the government to make a “significant salary hike” an utmost priority at the start of the year. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) Vladimer Quetua from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines said that for the...
House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro hailed on Saturday, Jan. 7 the Home Development Mutual Fund, or Pag-IBIG Fund for being "sensitive" to pandemic and inflation-weary Filipinos. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro This, after Pag-IBIG decided to defer...
