(PSA) Over 60 million Filipinos have completed the second of a three-step registration for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) as of March 16, said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Monday, March 28. So far, 60,483,095 Filipinos have been onboarded to the PhilSys Step 2...
A House leader is looking forward to seeing the positive effects of Republic Act (RA) No.11659 or the Public Service Act, which President Duterte signed last week. (Shivendu Shukla/ Unsplash) “Opening up some of our industries like telecommunications, railways, and airlines to full foreign...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of the amendments to Republic Act (RA) 11659 or the Public Service Act (PSA) , even speculating that the raised foreign ownership limits on the telecommunications industry could lead to cybersecurity...
Former defense secretary and senatorial candidate Gilbert Teodoro on Wednesday called on the government to provide stable investment policies that would complement the passage of three key economic laws that are aimed to attract more foreign investors in the Philippines. Teodoro, a former Tarlac...
Senator Christopher ‘’Bong’’ Go on Tuesday, March 22 said that the law amending the Public Service Act would be beneficial for the Philippine economy. ‘’This measure, in effect, promotes healthy competition across various industries which can pave the way for favorable prices and...
The recently signed amendments to Republic Act (RA) 11659 or the Public Service Act (PSA) are akin to the Oil Deregulation Law and will result in heftier increases in the prices of goods, says House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate. Bayan Muna Party -list Rep....
NEDA lauds amended PSA law Chino S. Leyco The amended Public Service Act (PSA) will encourage more foreign investments and innovation to lower prices, improve the quality of goods and services, as well as create more and better jobs, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. In a...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino said Tuesday they had formally submitted the list of athletes who would compete in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. Tolentino added the SEAG Organizing Committee has received the list and they are only waiting for...
Sample PhilID card for illustration purposes (Photo from PSA-Philippine Identification System) Over 8 million Filipinos nationwide have received their Philippine Identification (PhilID) cards, said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). As of March 4, 2022, PSA has delivered 8,176,454 cards to...
House Committee on Ways and Means chairman, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says the 2020s could become the best decade ever for the Philippines in terms of foreign direct investment (FDIs). (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook) This, after it was reported Monday, March 21 that President...
Unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic despite stricter quarantine restrictions amid Omicron surge in January, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed on Friday, March 18. The number of jobless Filipinos stood at 2.93 million in the first month...
PSA Athlete of the Year Hidilyn Diaz (Manny Llanes) Dreaming big and working hard had been the common denominators of athletes and officials who took the spotlight in Monday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night at the Diamond Hotel in Manila. And for Hidilyn Diaz, who was...
