DTI courts investors in RE projects, data centers
THE Department of Trade and Industry is pursuing investors that would build data centers and renewable energy projects in the Philippines.
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THE Department of Trade and Industry is pursuing investors that would build data centers and renewable energy projects in the Philippines.
THE Philippines received high praise from a global tourism body for leading the way in reopening the Asia-Pacific region to international leisure travel.
ECONOMIC infrastructure reforms and labor policies will be among the topics to be tackled by national candidates in the last two remaining debates to be organized by the Commission on Elections this weekend.
VICE President Leni Robredo assured Negrenses on Tuesday that she will double the budget of the agriculture sector and improve education and health services if she becomes the country’s next president.
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested a woman who solicited money, using the name of Atty. Vic D. Rodriguez, the chief of staff and spokesman of presidential frontrunner Ferdinand ’Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr., purportedly to help the victims of typhoon Agaton.
FILIPINO commercial fishermen were among the biggest losers in Southeast Asia in terms of job opportunities during the onset of the (Covid-19) pandemic, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) study.
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) hopes that the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) will be more inclusive, with diverse participation from other interested countries.
IT may take a while before the Philippines can maximize the benefits of using big data such as Google Trends, especially for elections, according to local statisticians.
THE Philippines received high praise from a global tourism body for leading the way in reopening the Asia-Pacific region to international leisure travel.
The Commission on Election (Comelec) finally dismissed the last case against presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr., which has been pending in its division level.
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes the Philippines will lead the growth among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) this year, amid the lingering effects of the pandemic globally.
THE country’s transactions with the rest of the world reverted to a surplus in the first quarter of the year, after a positive performance in March, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported.
STATE infrastructure spending as of end-February dropped by 16.3 percent to P90 billion, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
THE Department of Trade and Industry is urging Washington to allow the export of pineapples to mainland America.
JAPANESE credit watcher Rating and Investment Information Inc. (R&I) announced that it has affirmed the current ratings of the country amid the pandemic, citing the economy’s strong growth amid the wave of new Covid-19 cases earlier this year.
Senators are mulling over options to override the Palace veto of the mandatory SIM card registration bill even as Malacañang signaled it will review proposals to salvage it, given the legislators’ argument that it is needed urgently to stop the use of mobile phones for terrorism and fraud.
Over 200,000 people are expected to be vaccinated against Covid-19 during the special vaccination days in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM),
The waning effectivity of Covid vaccines could leave even fully inoculated individuals vulnerable to the virus, according to the National Vaccination Operation Center (NVOC).
NVOC chairperson Myrna C. Cabotaje made the warning, noting the low number of fully vaccinated people availing of booster shots.
Of the 67 million who have completed their Covid-19 primary doses, only 12.69 million got their booster jabs.
“The additional protection is necessary since we know the immunity from vaccines wane as time goes by,” Cabotaje said.
She expressed her concern this could leave many people vulnerable to Covid-19 with the expected surge in infections next month after the May 9, 2022 polls, which health official are considering as a superspreader event.
The Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) already projected active Covid-19 cases could reach as high as 300,000 by mid year if there will be lax compliance to minimum health standards in the coming days.
Cabotaje said they are trying to increase the number of booster shot availment through their proposal to make it a requirement before a person’s vaccine status will be considered “updated.”
Currently, the health official lamented that the pace of the government’s vaccination drive slowed down as fewer people are now availing of Covid-19 jabs.
She said this now makes it unlikely for them to reach their goal of inoculating 90 million by July.
“We are now looking at the 77 million to be fully vaccinated and then improving our booster doses,” Cabotaje said.
“So, that will mean about 900,000 jabs per day. So, we really need to-ramp-up our vaccination drive,” she added.
WASHINGTON, for the nth time, has assured Manila that an attack on any assets of the Philippine military and even public vessels in South China Sea are covered by its Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines.
MALACAÑANG said the Department of Energy (DOE) is now pushing for the resumption of oil exploration activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), which was suspended earlier this month.
‘WE need to stop thinking only within the term of the sitting President. It is a strategic option for the Philippines to engage China in a way that’s mutually beneficial. We should have a long-term strategic perspective because time and patience are the best weapons.”
BORACAY Island and El Nido are among the most popular destinations that will be visited by delegates to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit in Manila from April 20 to 22.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials assured senators adequate measures are in place to ensure glitch-free on-line upcoming national and local elections.
Regular government workers who may be affected by the looming devolution of more government functions under Executive Order (EO) No. 138 will not face immediate permanent jobs loss, according to the Civil Service Commission (CSC).
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday presented the proposed school calendar for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 which has 205 school days.
Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago “Chito” Sta. Romana passed away inside a hotel while on mandatory 21-day quarantine in Anhui, China where the Philippine and Chinese delegations held a bilateral meeting.
The country is now officially free from granular lockdown in areas with novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
FILIPINO migrant workers still managed to send more money back home in February this year, despite the reimposition of lockdowns due to the resurgence of the cases during the month. The growth in remittances, however, is the slowest recorded in more than a year, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.
FINANCE Secretary and Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) Chairman Carlos G. Dominguez III said investment promotion agencies (IPAs) should maximize the budgetary support that they get from the national government and focus on attracting more foreign investments amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
WORLD Bank economists have warned countries against imposing price controls and restricting food exports as a means of arresting rising domestic food prices.
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