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MANILA, Apr. 12 — The maritime sector of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), consisting of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), has facilitated the arrival of approximately 1000 Filipino crew members aboard MV...

Maritime authorities have facilitated the arrival of an estimated 1,000 Filipino crew members aboard MV Norwegian Encore at the Port of Manila over the weekend. The repatriated Filipino seafarers underwent profiling by the Department of Health (DOH) after the vessel docked at the port last Sunday

Infrastructure spending up in February, driven by Bayanihan 2 expenditures enablePagination: false (STOCK PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 13) — Infrastructure spending improved in February with agency expenditures in line with the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act picking up, data from the Budget and Management Department showed. Government expenditure on infrastructure stood at ₱56.1 billion during the month, up by 23.1% from the same period in 2020. Prior to February’s figure...

BusinessWorld rd stimulus bill PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte will not certify as urgent the proposed third stimulus law, and will instead work to identify sources of stimulus funds that will not bust the 8.9% budget deficit cap, his spokesman said. “ Ang ginagamit natin ngayon ay ang ating budget for 2021 (All we can use now is the 2021 budget),” spokesman Herminio L. Roque, Jr. said at a televised briefing Tuesday. Citing Finance Secr...

BusinessWorld April 14, 2021 | 12:35 am Reporter LENDERS’ bad loans rose for the second straight month in February, bringing the nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio to its highest since 2009 as borrowers had difficulty making payments amid the coronavirus pandemic. Bad loans are expected to peak by the second half of this year, according to S&P Global Ratings. However, it noted that improvements in borrowers’ capacity to pay remain clouded by the pace of economic recovery which d...

Published April 12, 2021, 7:00 AM Economic activities listed under the 2020 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) will serve as the initial projects that will qualify for incentives under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act (CREATE) Law, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said. Lopez said that even during the crafting of the CREATE bill, the economic cluster of the Cabinet already assured investors and legislators of the continuity of the sectors that will...

Published April 10, 2021, 5:56 PM Senator Grace Poe on Saturday, April 10, appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF) to act on the calls of the country’s health workers for compensation and protection amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Sen. Grace Poe (FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN) The lawmaker backed the appeal as she noted that health workers have been risking their lives and falling ill in battling the novel coranvirus disease (COVID-19). �...

The Antelope brownc4@lopers.unk.edu “Hey everyone, welcome back to the Carson Podcast,” Shawn Carson said as he opened his eleventh episode. After only a few episodes, rather than recruiting friends to appear on the show as he had done originally, people started coming to the Kearney podcaster. He has a quickly growing fan base, with listeners in Australia, Chile, Mexico, Canada, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, with a domination of the Midwest in the U.S.  Carson never set...

(Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO) Senator Joel Villanueva said that while he is open to discussing the proposed Bayanihan 3 in the Senate, he said it is more imperative that the executive department properly and effectively implement laws against the COVID-19 crisis. Calls to pass a Bayanihan 3 law mounted in the wake of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed by the government in Metro Manila, Cavite, Rizal, Bulacan and Laguna to control the sudden surge of COVID-19 cases. Senat...

(NAVOTAS LGU/ MANILA BULLETIN) The list of the qualified beneficiaries was based on the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) under the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act 1. The city has 27,906 qualified beneficiaries.  “For this week, we intend to distribute the P1,000-P4,000 cash aid to 10,309 Navoteño families. We have set up five distribution venues to ensure that everyone will be accommodated and served promptly,” Mayor Toby Tiangco said.   “We have posted in our social media account the ...