P11B worth of infra projects delivered in Eastern Visayas
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed P11 billion worth of infrastructure projects in the Eastern Visayas Region last year, including roads, bridges, and flood-control structures. In a statement on Wednesday, the department said it delivered P6.5 billion worth of national road projects covering 311.5 kilometers, 12 bridges at a cost of P1.2 billion, and 99 flood-control structures worth P3.3 billion. The funds were sourced from the 2020 national budget. “I would like to commend our Regional and District Engineering Offices nationwide for the timely delivery of these infrastructure projects that will be the main player in our country’s economic recovery from COVID-19,” said DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar, noting that the construction works were undertaken amid the pandemic-related restrictions. DPWH also reported that it assisted in the completion of 328 local infrastructure projects amounting to
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PHILIPPINE democracy remains flawed, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), as the country slipped one place to No. 55 out of 167 countries in the London-based think tankâs democracy index last year.
The country under President Rodrigo R. Duterte got a score of 6.56 from 6.64 in 2019.
The Philippines was behind Southeast Asian neighbors Taiwan (11), Malaysia (39) and Timor Leste (44), but was better than Indonesia (64), Thailand (73), Singapore (74), Myanmar (135), Vietnam (137) and Laos (161).
âWhile it appears that our country went down one spot in the said index, our status is far from being classified as a hybrid or authoritarian regime as the study is primarily based on how governments have responded to the present pandemic,â Salvador S. Panelo, Mr. Duterteâs chief lawyer, said in a statement.
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Teodoro Locsin Jr, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary, insisted the Government never gave permission for China’s Jia Geng research ship to stay in Filipino waters. The department had approved a “request for shelter” from the Chinese embassy over “bad weather”.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 3) The government wants to expand the country s capacity to do genome sequencing, which is the second test needed to identify which type of variant has infected a coronavirus-positive individual. Ngayon po, Philippine Genome Center lang po nagsasagawa ng sequencing natin. At gusto po natin na mai-expand ang kakayahan na ito para mas bumilis at mas marami po tayong ma-sequence na mga kababayan nating nagtu-turn positive, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a briefing.
[Translation: At present, only the Philippine Genome Center is conducting our sequencing. And we want to expand that capacity, so we can quickly sequence the samples of our fellow Filipinos who turn out positive for COVID-19.]
Published February 3, 2021, 3:41 PM
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday rated the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response so far as “very good.”
Go, chairman of the Senate health and demography committee, however, cautioned against complacency as the public awaits the implementation of the national vaccination program.
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go
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During the launch of the 100th Malasakit Center at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City on Tuesday, February 2, Go said that the government was doing its best to combat the pandemic.
He also concurred with the World Health Organization (WHO) that the country’s pandemic response was “very good”.