Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion stressed anew the importance of allowing children to return to schools and employees to their offices to the restoration of the Philippine economy to normalcy. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion (Screenshot from PTV)...
NEDA sees P9.4-B in weekly gains from Alert Level 1 By Chino S. Leyco The economy is estimated to gain an additional P9.4 billion per week as the country continues to move towards the new normal, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) reported. During President Duterte’s Talk to...
The country’s economic managers — meeting last February 24 in the inter-agency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — announced the government’s readiness to provide “targeted assistance” and relief to sectors directly affected by the...
House Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda has called for the stricter implementation of environment and entrepreneurship-related laws, which she says can help the country in its economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Loren Legarda (Photo from Loren Legarda's...
Editorial Are we there yet? It seems that we are on the road journeying toward the new normal. With low cases of COVID-19, an efficient vaccination drive that has now reached minors, and backed up by data showing decreasing projections, some parts of the country, such as the National Capital Region...
The next administration should pursue the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) or Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) aggressively as a chance to continue with the infrastructure development to spur the country’s economic recovery after a two-year fight with the COVID-19 pandemic, former senator and...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda says that the country needs to prepare for a coming economic “lost decade", wherein global growth is expected to decline once the country recovers from the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19). Rep. Joey...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) spearheaded an inter-agency and multi-sectoral initiative to speed-up the recovery efforts and align the priorities to quickly rebuild the communities that were devastated by typhoon “Odette” in December 2021. Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, Office of Civil...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the economy is still poised to grow within the government’s target for this year as the Omicron variant has had more than a mild impact on business activity. At the Management Association of the Philippines Economic Briefing on Thursday,...
With the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases expected to drop to as low as 1,000 per day by mid-February, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said that it might be time for the country to focus on the economy. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder...
Malacañang said that the fifth phase of the country's action plan against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will focus on economic recovery and vaccinating more Filipinos against the virus. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Malacañang photo) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the...
As daily COVID-19 cases are expected to drop this month, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion urged the government to place the country under the least restrictive Alert Level 1 by March. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo Founder Joey Concepcion (PCOO/...