Published May 11, 2021, 11:09 AM
Acknowledging that a high number of members of indigenous communities have unrecorded civil registry, the House Committee on Ways and Means has unanimously approved a bill providing indigenous peoples (IPs) free and culture civil registration system.
Two legislative measures were consolidated by the House panel during a virtual hearing held Monday, May 10. Both bills sought to address the civil registry problems confronting IPs.
Members of the Makabayan bloc who authored House Bill 1332, noted that IPs are “discouraged to register their biological milestones” because they find the current registration system “not friendly to their unique ways, tradition and culture.”
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“Mariin po naming pinapaalala sa lahat na mag-ingat at umiwas sa mga fixers at scammers, na humihingi ng bayad kapalit ang pagrerehistro sa inyo sa PhilSys [Philippine Identification System]. (We strongly remind everyone to be careful and avoid fixers and scammers, who charge a fee in exchange for your registration with PhilSys),” PSA said in a Facebook post on Monday, May 10.
PSA pointed out that the registration with PhilSys is free.
“Muli, libre po ang pagpaparehistro sa PhilSys, walang assistance fee, at walang delivery fee para sa PhilID [Philippine ID]. (Again, registration with PhilSys is free, there is no assistance fee, and there is no delivery fee for PhilID),” it said.
2021-05-11 07:36:12 GMT2021-05-11 15:36:12(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
MANILA, May 11 (Xinhua) The Philippine economy shrank by 4.2 percent in the first quarter of 2021 as the Southeast Asian country grapples with lockdown restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday.
The main contributors to the decline were construction at -24.2 percent; other services, -38.0 percent; and real estate and ownership of dwellings, -13.2 percent, PSA Head Dennis Mapa said in an online briefing.
The 4.2 contraction in the first quarter followed the 8.3 percent decline in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said that the latest economic performance shows the limit of economic recovery without major relaxation of our quarantine policy.
Published May 11, 2021, 10:08 AM
The country’s economy shrank in the first three-months of the year, marking its fifth straight quarter of recession, due to prolonged pandemic, data the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.
While the pace of the fall eased from the previous quarter, the Philippines remained the weakest among its Asian peers in terms of recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
The annual economic output, as measured by the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP), contracted by 4.2 percent in January to March, worse than the minus 0.7 percent registered a year earlier, but better compared with minus 8.3 percent in the final three-months of 2020.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 11) The Philippine economy declined anew in the first quarter of 2021 as quarantine restrictions and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic continue to hamper business and consumer activity.
National Statistician Dennis Mapa reported Tuesday an economic contraction of 4.2% for the period, milder than the 8.3% plunge recorded in the last three months of 2020 and steeper than the 0.7% drop from January to March last year.
The country’s recent economic performance is worse than the average -2.82% growth forecast resulting from a CNN Philippines poll among analysts, in line with expectations the economy will remain in recession albeit with a softer drop.