In 2018, Congress passed Republic Act No. 11032, An Act Promoting the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Delivery of Government Services. The law amended Republic Act No. 9485, otherwise known as the Anti Red-Tape Act of 2007. The enactment of these laws demonstrates the government’s determination to remove long-standing …
Read More »Trade pact with EU is vital for PH growth
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently called for a resumption of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union, and it is encouraging that support for the idea has been virtually unanimous. The Philippines already enjoys substantial trade privileges with the 27-member EU, but with the expiration of …
Read More »Topless Junos protestor pleads guilty to trespassing, agrees to pay fine
A woman who protested topless onstage at the Juno Awards in Edmonton in March says she has agreed to pay a $600 fine. Catherine Hatherly says $100 of fine will go to victims’ support group. A woman who protested topless onstage at the Juno Awards in Edmonton in March says …
Read More »Senate set to pass MIF bill
Solons ban GSIS, SSS, 3 gov’t firms from investing in wealth fund Senators were poised to pass the chamber’s version of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill last night, even as they successfully introduced an amendment that explicitly prohibits government institutions from investing in the country’s proposed sovereign wealth fund. …
Read More »PH debt hits record P13.91T
The Bureau of Treasury building in Intramuros, Manila. File Photo CONTINUED borrowings and a weaker peso saw the national government’s outstanding debt rise to a new record high of P13.91 trillion in April, the Bureau of the Treasury reported on Wednesday. For the month alone, P54.24 billion was added to …
Read More »Marcos: State pensions won’t be used for Maharlika funds
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday assured the public that the government has no intention of using state pension funds as seed funds for the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). Marcos expressed agreement on one of the amendments to the bill that prohibits the use of funds of the Government …
Read More »SWS: 29% of Pinoys say life got better over 1 year
Twenty-nine percent of Filipino adults believed their quality of life improved compared to a year ago, results of a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. But 25 percent, of those surveyed said their quality of life got worse, while 46% said it was the same, resulting in a net …
Read More »Negros Oriental Gov. Carlo ‘Guido’ Reyes, who succeeded Roel Degamo, passes away
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental Gov. Carlo Jorge Joan “Guido” Reyes passed away on Wednesday morning, May 31. REYES Vice Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria assumed the post of Reyes in the afternoon, hours after he passed away. Karen Lisette Molas, provincial administrator, confirmed Reyes’ death through the Facebook account of the …
Read More »Kuwait remains open on visa row, but PH must fix OFW ‘violations’
OFW PROTECTION. In this screen grab from TV Patrol, Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople (center, in red) joins representatives of Asia-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states as she calls for a ‘bold discussion’ on the collective and shared responsibility of in promoting better migration governance on behalf of …
Read More »Saudi opens up 1m jobs for Pinoys, special hiring starts next month
Saudi Arabia will be offering at least one million jobs to Filipino workers as it competes with its Middle Eastern neighbors for skilled manpower, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Tuesday — and as neighboring Kuwait shuts its doors to Manila. DMW Secretary Susan Ople said there will be …
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