Task Force Special Operations (TFSO) chief Edison "Bong" Nebrija will no longer be seen on the streets starting Thursday, November 16 as he will be under preventive suspension after the bus lane incident that involved the name of Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr....
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) released the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11927 or the Philippine Digital Workforce Competitiveness Act. The law is mandated to conceptualize and promote policies that would enhance the competitiveness of the...
Filinvest Development Corporation (FDC), the investment holding company of the Gotianun family, reported a 57 percent rise in attributable net income to P5.9 billion for the first nine months of 2023 from the P3.8 billion generated in the same period last year as it continues to recover from the...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Monday, Nov. 13 that seasonal employment should not be a benchmark of the country's low unemployment rate. This, the Senate official pushed for more quality jobs for the Filipinos. "Magandang aginaldo po ang trabaho para sa ating mga kababayan....
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with a new group of medical and pharmaceutical firms to expand medical assistance for Filipinos in need. Photo courtesy of DSWD In a statement issued Sunday, Nov. 12, the DSWD said through these...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) joined the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) in launching a Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) facility in the Clark Freeport Zone (CFZ), Pampanga, to help different stakeholders by simplifying cumbersome processes. ARTA director-general Secretary Ernesto Perez and...
There is a disparity in health care access in Mindanao compared to other regions in the country, researchers from the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said. During a webinar, Valerie Gilbert T. Ulep, PIDS senior research fellow, featured a study “Spatiotemporal Analysis of...
The Philippine and Japanese governments inked on Friday, Nov. 10, an agreement that will ensure the sustainable urban development of Metropolitan Davao and its areas in the Davao Region. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said that President Marcos has given his approval for the purchase of five additional units of state-of-the-art patrol vessels from the Japanese government. In a briefing on Thursday, Nov. 9, NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said the...
President Marcos has given the go-ahead for the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to proceed with the Swiss challenge for the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) Extension Project. The President, as the chair of the National Economic and Development...
State-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) invited two Italian businesses to set up or expand their operations in New Clark City. The BCDA delegation urged Italy’s top business associations, Confindustria and The European House Ambrosetti, to take an interest in investing in...
