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(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) The RNAS aims to assess the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on food security and coping mechanisms of families in areas with high, medium, and low level of risk to COVID-19 infection.  It was done through RA 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act with the directive of Cabinet Sec. Karlo Nograles; and aligned to FNRI’s mission to fight malnutrition through accurate data, correct information, and innovative technologies. The RNAS is currently underway and will ...

LYNDON CENTER — In our last Class Acts, we looked at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Lyndon Institute’s Dance and Music programs. This week, we examine our school’s other performing art — Drama. One of my favorite places on the Lyndon Institute campus is Alumni Auditorium. Aside from the colorful flags now lining the walls representing the 46 different native countries of students who have lived and studied at LI since our boarding program reopened, the space looks pr...

December 27, 2020 | 11:40 pm Font Size BW FILE PHOTO THE PESO is expected to move sideways in the last trading week of 2020 amid the holidays and on expectations that next year’s budget will be signed on Monday. The local unit closed at P48.07 per dollar on Wednesday, appreciating by 2.5 centavos from its P48.095 close on Tuesday, data from the Bankers Association of the Philippines showed. Week on week, it rose by 1.5 centavos from its P48.085-a-dollar finish on Friday. Financial ma...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 24) — Taxpayers with unsettled dues will have a much longer period to avail of amnesty for delinquencies along with voluntary assessment and payment for 2018 taxes. The Department of Finance has issued Revenue Regulations Nos. 32-2020 and 33-2020, which extended the deadlines for both programs until June 30, 2021, or six months after the previous December 31, 2020 deadline. These regulations amended previous deadlines issued by the Bureau of ...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 23) — The countrys funding gap further ballooned in November as the government spends slightly more on financial assistance measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but rakes in less revenues through collection efforts. The Bureau of the Treasury reported a cumulative budget deficit of ₱1.069 trillion as of end-November, up from the ₱409.1 billion posted the year before. The recent figure still has ample elbow room against the governments rev...

December 22, 2020 | 7:26 pm Font Size AAA THE current account surplus strengthens the argument for the government to mitigate the impact of the economic crisis by spending more, according to Representative Jose Ma. Clemente S. Salceda, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Salceda made his remarks in a statement issued in response to an economic bulletin released by the government showing a current account surplus of $8.7 billion, equivalent to 2.4% of gross domestic prod...

Duterte to sign 2021 national budget on December 28 — Palace Published December 22, 2020 1:10pm President Rodrigo Duterte will sign the proposed P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021 on December 28 in Davao City, Malacañang said Tuesday. Duterte’s spokesperson Harry Roque said the President will be joined by some lawmakers during the ceremonial signing. The Palace received the copy of the spending plan last Friday as Roque said Duterte would exercise his line-item veto power if n...

Published December 22, 2020, 5:00 PM The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 8 (DA-RFO 8), a report from the DA-RFO 8 has distributed the needed rice seeds and fertilizers to the farmers in Eastern Visayas for this cropping season, a report from the DA-RFO 8, based in this city said. Francisco Rosaroso DA-RFO 8 regional information officer told Manila Bulletin that DA-RFO 8 has already earmarked and distributed 34,269 bags of rice seeds and 52,950 bags of fertilizers positioned ...

What the POGO exodus means for the Philippine economy Dec 22, 2020 5:25 PM PHT AT A GLANCE: Property data show that a good chunk of online casinos have closed shop, but immigration and employment figures indicate that Chinese workers stayed despite headwinds. An exit of POGOs spells trouble for the already pandemic-battered restaurant and banking industries. State regulators have fought for POGOs to stay, but have yet to prove their ability to regulate online casinos. Filipinos, in general, hav...

Published December 21, 2020, 2:37 PM When every single text message and every single second counts, it is very important to have a reliable, dependable and fast internet connection. And if you happen to earn your living using mobile apps, then it is a must to have connectivity anytime of the day, and anywhere you may be. For Sigfried Ragay, a Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) app driver and a Globe user for several years, much of his days rely on the messages he receives from potential p...