The National Economic and Development Authority said the Philippines needs to invest at least a trillion pesos over the next nine years to ensure Filipinos have access to clean and reliable water supply. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said on Thursday, Sept. 16, that the...
The swift delivery and distribution of personal protective equipment, face shields and face mask last year caused the significant reduction of COVID-19 deaths and ailments among the country’s medical frontliners, Health Secretary Francisco Duque has told the House of Representatives. Secretary...
The country's largest pork producers group decried the low farm-gate prices, prompting them to launch a nationwide campaign, appealing to consumers to prefer local pork over imported. In a text exchange, Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines, Inc. (PPFPI) President Nonon Tambago said local...
The country’s solid financial footing amid the ongoing pandemic validated the “good work” of the Department of Finance (DOF) as well as the correctness of the reforms and policies it has pursued, the government’s chief economic manager said. In his presentation before senators of the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo When I asked Finance Secretary Carlos “Sonny” Dominguez III if he thinks that the Philippines will become a trillion-dollar economy, his answer was an emphatic, “Of course! And not in the distant future.” Statistics prior to the COVID-19 pandemic show we are...
The public listing of the Philippines’ fourth real estate investment trust (REIT) company amid the lingering pandemic confirms investor optimism in the country’s solid recovery, the government’s chief economic manager said. At the listing ceremonies in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on...
The Department of Finance (DOF) assured that the Philippines has already secured the financing for, and ordered, enough doses of COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate qualified Filipinos by the end of the year stating the country needs 9 million doses weekly arrival to meet its target to complete its...
With almost five million students dropping out from schools, the Department of Education has nothing to celebrate about in yesterday’s opening of the 2021-22 school year. School opening image Makabayan lawmakers slammed Education Secretary Leonor Briones’ claim of success and victory as a...
Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones has already intervened in the issue between several agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Davao and Marsman Estate Plantations Inc. (MEPI) urging the former to resolve their long-standing rift with one of the country’s top banana exporters. Banana...
More than 300 Japanese guests from Japan’s leading corporate and financial institutions have participated in the virtual Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) that highlighted the Duterte administration’s efforts to push for a much stronger and more inclusive economy in the post-COVID-19 pandemic...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has directed the Department of Transportation to collect at least half a billion pesos in remaining charges that flag-carrier Philippines Airlines still owed to the government. Philippine Airlines Dominguez immediately asked the DOTr to “intensify...
Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said the issue surrounding the government's procured coronavirus (COVID-19) supplies could have been avoided if only the Senate read the weekly report submitted by the Executive Department to the Legislative. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (File...
