Senator Grace Poe has urged the Department of Tourism (DOT) to ensure that health facilities are within standard in tourist destinations to make travelers feel safe and confident. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Poe) “In all areas in our country, ideally, there should really be basic health...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the government failed to balance its response to the coronavirus disease with the need of equally salvaging the economy from the pandemic-induced crisis. During a Senate hearing on the NEDA’s proposed 2022 budget on Wednesday, Oct. 13,...
The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) supports the proposed transfer of the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) from the Office of the President (OP) to the Department of Agriculture (DA). “It is very clear and logical that NIA should be under the DA, since all its activities are directly aimed at...
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) cut its economic growth outlook for the Philippines due to recurring new waves of coronavirus infections followed by the retightening of containment measures. The regional macroeconomic surveillance organization on Thursday, Oct. 7, tempered its 2021...
Editorial Due to the enforcement of the strictest COVID-19 restrictions, the unemployment rate in the Philippines increased to 8.1 percent in August 2021, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. This is lower than the jobless rates in January, February and April this year but it exceeds...
It has been five years since the Department of Agriculture (DA) proposed to take back the jurisdiction over the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), and the agency is finally getting the support it needs from other government agencies, thanks to the fact that it no longer has the same Cabinet...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, Oct. 5, chided an official of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation for supposedly fooling the government in declaring that it paid over a million in employee benefits when government records showed otherwise. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines) At...
Consumer prices rose at a slower pace last month brought about by softer costs of transportation as well as food and beverages, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced on Tuesday, Oct. 5. 15INFLATION The country’s headline inflation eased to 4.8 percent in September from 4.9 percent...
Two Senate panels have pushed for the passage of the bill that would institutionalize benefits for individuals who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Senator Pia Cayetano (Office of Senator Cayetano) Senator Pia Cayetano recently sponsored bill Senate Bill No....
Prospects for the country’s growth remains promising as the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) highlighted that recovery is now hinging on actions being taken in dealing with the coronavirus. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said that accelerating the...
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Thursday, September 30, cited the potential of a soon-to-be constructed inter-provincial road connecting Rizal and Bulacan in playing a key role in both provinces’ post-pandemic recovery. Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles “We are literally paving...
The World Bank trimmed its growth forecast for the Philippines this year and expects the country's economic activity to return to pre-pandemic level by 2023 yet because the government is likely to miss the goal of vaccinating most of its population by the end of 2021. Based on the World Bank East...
