The Pasay City government finished on Thursday (Sept. 2) the distribution of financial aid or “ayuda” to families affected by the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Angie Roa-Yu, head of the City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD), said they have already served the qualified beneficiaries...
Amid the continuing global health crisis, Australia is launching two business partnerships in the Philippines to provide women with skills and opportunities, as well as psychological services to Filipinos with mental illness. The Australian Embassy in Manila said the two new business partnerships...
Government debt snowballed to a record high of P11.61 trillion as of July this year. Peso bills Based on the Bureau of the Treasury’s report on Tuesday, Aug. 31, the public debt increased 26.7 percent from P9.164 trillion in the same month last year, or an addition of P2.446 trillion in the past...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is set to launch an online tool that aims to streamline the reporting of data pertaining to the debts and other liabilities of government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs). In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Joan Castillo, DOF’s...
As the government looks for money to run a nation grappling with the impacts of the prolonged pandemic, President Duterte’s chief economic manager revealed that selling state-assets is no longer the best option. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III “We don't have any more crown jewels,”...
A total of 539 houses from 119 barangays in Pasay City were placed under localized enhanced community quarantine (LECQ) for surging numbers of individuals afflicted with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Based on the report of the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) on August 29, the...
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian has criticized the United States intelligence community report on the origin of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) as “mendacious” that was made to scapegoat China. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian (Manila Bulletin) “It is...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, August 29, asked the national government to sign documents that will allow local government units (LGUs) to procure their own COVID-19 vaccines amid criticisms by some local executives over the lack of vaccine supply to their provinces. “Iyong...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help local governments in improving their capacity to provide high-quality public services, especially during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. ADB HQ In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral institution said Friday, Aug.27, that it has approved...
The Paranaque City government’s mobile vaccination team has inoculated about 6,188 individuals against COVID-19 since the program started on May 22. Dr. Jefferson Pagsisihan, medical director of Ospital ng Paranaque 1& 2, said Mayor Edwin Olivarez created a team that will go down to villages...
Senators on Thursday, Aug. 26, said they are banking on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines would be distributed equally to different regions in the Philippines once the government receives the 25 million doses of jabs that will arrive beginning September. Senate...
Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano lauded the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for providing the most accurate and vital data to the government, especially to the local government units (LGUs). Rubiano noted that the data being provided to them by the PSA were the ones they are using to provide...
