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Amended economic blueprint for Bicol aims to reshape flagging economy Philippine Information Agency 06 May 2021, 16:38 GMT+10 LEGAZPI CITY (PIA) -- Bicol Region is seeking to reverse the damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic on its economy by invigorating the agriculture, education and health sectors and pushing its key infrastructure projects through its modified economic stimulus measures," a state economist said. Assistant Regional Director Edna Cynthia S. Berces of the state planning agen...

Each Filipino may get ₱2,000 ayuda under the proposed Bayanihan 3, solon says enablePagination: false FILE PHOTO Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 5) — Regardless of age or social status, each Filipino will be entitled to a ₱2,000 cash aid under the draft of the third COVID-19 stimulus package to help them cope with the effects of the pandemic. Speaking to CNN Philippines The Source on Wednesday, Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo said the proposed Bayanihan to Arise as One Act or the Bayanih...

Published May 5, 2021, 4:09 PM State-run Philippine Guarantee Corp. (PhilGuarantee) sustained the growth of its guarantee program for viable but pandemic-hit micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) for the third straight month since its launch in December last year. The total loans guaranteed by PhilGuarantee reached P1.47 billion at end-March this year, the agency’s report submitted to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III showed on Wednesday, May 5. Alberto Pascual, PhilGuarantee pr...

End-March state-backed loans to MSMEs surge by sevenfold May 6, 2021 | 12:06 am GUARANTEED LOANS to small businesses climbed as of March as Philguarantee Corp. received more funds, the Finance department said. — BW FILE PHOTO STATE-RUN Philippine Guarantee Corp. (Philguarantee) saw its guaranteed loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) surge by sevenfold as of March from the end-2020 level after receiving the P5 billion in additional funds from the government’s second stimulus ...

4 contestants will compete during NebraskaLand DAYS celebration this June -Miss Rodeo Nebraska Association NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Four contestants from across the state will compete for the coveted title of Miss Rodeo Nebraska 2022. The Miss Rodeo Nebraska Association will host the annual pageant June 13–16, 2021 in North Platte during NebraskaLand DAYS. In addition to the Miss Pageant, the Miss Teen Rodeo Nebraska Pageant will also be held with four contestants competing for the 2021 title. ...

Belt-tightening measures proposed to fund stimulus May 5, 2021 | 7:36 pm PHILSTAR A KEY legislator has proposed that the government implement austerity measures in order to afford the third stimulus package, with economic managers still scrambling to identify funds for a measure that would become the third Bayanihan law if passed. “Right now… naghahanap po ng excess fund sa mga ahensiya (the economic managers are looking at funding sources from agency budgets),” Marikina City Rep. Stell...

The House ways and means committee approved Monday the proposed third COVID-19 stimulus package amounting to ₱405.6 billion.

City Council approves Davao City Public Hospital construction

Published May 4, 2021, 4:17 PM The House of Representatives is dead set in approving the Bayanihan 3 relief package and will do this swiftly as possible. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco made this vow as he stressed that the chamber’s leadership is determined at pursuing the measure in order to aid struggling Filipinos and revive the country’s economy that has been devastated by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19 pandemic) Interviewed on radio, Velasco vowed to push the immediate passage of t...

Published May 3, 2021, 12:35 PM The proposed P405.6 billion Bayanihan 3 law that will grant all Filipinos P1,000 to P2,000 cash aid and another P10,000 each for families that absorbed the serious impact of the raging novel coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic, won swift approval from two House of Representatives committees on Monday, May 3. In a joint committee hearing conducted by the House Committees on Economic Affairs and on Social Services, chaired by Albay Rep. Joey Sarte-Salceda and Q...