Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:16:28 +0000
President Duterte may consider Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia’s suggestion that the security of tenure bill needed “tweaking”
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 13:16:14 +0000
The Philippines’ population is likely to double to more than 216 million by the year 2058, making it important to fully implement the Reproductive Health Act to keep poverty reduction programs working, according to the country’s chief economist.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 10:44:50 +0000
Up to 105 million Filipinos will have national identification (ID) cards by middle of 2022 as the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) starts implementing the national ID law in September, according to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia, Neda chief.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 04:29:50 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The government is targeting to have 105 million Filipinos enrolled in the national ID system once it is fully implemented in 2022, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) chief Ernesto M. Pernia said Monday.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:36:28 +0000
The water crisis in Metro Manila is raising calls for transparency in the Duterte administration’s deals with China,
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:52:18 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) and the Department of Finance (DOF) should be more transparent with loan deals that the government enters into under the “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) program, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 04:48:14 +0000
Twenty-eight out of the 75 projects under the “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) program are scheduled to be completed by 2022.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:04:03 +0000
The reactivation of Loakan Airport here is feasible given that all it takes to pay for its operations is one commercial flight daily
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 03:05:23 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte has transferred the power to approve reclamation projects from the NEDA to the Philippine Reclamation Authority.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 00:27:49 +0000
MANILA, Philippines —The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said it is currently looking into a sexual harassment complaint filed against an official of the agency.
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