More than half of Filipino households said that if they lose all of their income sources, their resources to cover daily needs could only last up to two weeks.
Published April 30, 2021, 3:58 PM
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) targets to complete the acquisition of the road right-of-way (RROW) for the 102-kilometer Phase 1 of the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) by the third quarter of 2021.
During a virtual news conference on the 2020 Economic Performance of Davao Region in Davao City Thursday, Maria Lourdes Lim, regional director of National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Davao, said that negotiations for the acquisition of RROW for the depot and stations sites of the Tagum City-Davao City-Digos City (TDD) segment of the railway project is ongoing with the residents whose properties are situated on the railway path.
Published April 30, 2021, 4:04 PM
The House Committee on Transportation on Friday, April 30, moved strongly to push for the immediate passage of a bill that would put an end to excessive and unjustified imposition of destination and shipping charges by forwarders and agents of international shipping lines.
In a virtual committee hearing on Friday, committee chairman and Samar Rep. Edgar Mary S. Sarmiento vowed to push for the immediate approval of a consolidated version of House Bills Nos. 4316 and 4462 filed by Deputy Speaker and Bagong Henerasyon Partrylist Rey. Bernadette Herrera and Ronnie L. Ong of Ang Probinsyano Partylist.
Herrera and Ong noted that the collection of excessive and unnecessary fees, charges and surcharges has been going on for quite some time that Philippines has topped its neighbors for having the highest cost to the detriment of domestic manufacturers, exporters and importers.
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The possibility of the government opening up the local market to more imported sugar remains to be one of the major factors why the country’s local sugar production is seen not improving this year or in the next years to come.
This, according to international data, has remained to be “the c