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THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it is hoping to secure between $200 million and up to $400 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the National Innovation Gateway (NIG), a project expected to spur application of advanced technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI). “It’s not just going…

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it is planning to subsidize more online courses given the poor connectivity in the country, and provide skills-based tax incentives for employers in line the agency’s goal to tap artificial intelligence (AI) as a “tool” to ramp up productivity in the country. “For the subsidy, we’re crafting

DAVAO CITY—The office of the Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro government submitted close to P100 billion budget for next year, with education getting a third of the allocation. Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Ebrahim personally handed the proposed 2024 Bangsamoro Expenditure Program (BEP) to Bangsamoro Parliament Speaker Pangalian Balindong on October 24. The proposed budget totals

THE Cancer Coalition of the Philippines (CCPH) urgently plead that lawmakers reject budget cuts, which would hamstring the Department of Health (DoH)s cervical cancer prevention program and would compromise the health of millions of women and girls in the country. Instead, the CCPH urged lawmakers to increase the DoHs budget for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and protect more Filipino women and girls from cervical cancer.

Over the past year, our lives have returned to normal with the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic restrictions are now a thing of the past—the economy has opened up and most people have returned to the workplace. It is encouraging to see people back out in public, children returning to school and people

DICT to fight for confidential funds

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire recently appealed for an additional P400 million funding to strengthen the Department of Health’s anti-cervical cancer immunization program and expand the vaccination coverage among 4th grade public school girls across the Philippines. Vergeire explained that the current DOH budget for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination only covers 15 regions, which

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco expressed high hopes that the 2024 budget request for the agency will be passed.

Marcos admin allots P38.63B for teachers’ welfare

Pro-people, pro-health workers DOH chief sought