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NBI Officer-In-Charge Director Eric B. Distor identified those arrested Jay H. Tinio, Jojo R. Delim, and Abby Gail R. Pascua.
Distor said the three were arrested last Monday, Feb. 1, during an entrapment operation conducted by operatives of the NBI’s Anti Organized and Transnational Crime Division (NBI-AOCTCD).
“The case stemmed from an information received regarding individuals who are allegedly selling fake NBI clearances and other various government documents such as LTO (Land Transportation Office) ID/Student Permits, PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority) Birth Certificate, and TIN (Tax Identification Number) along Recto Avenue, Manila near Interface Computer College Recto Campus,” the NBI said in a statement.
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Aside from the local livestock industry, the Philippine government also stands to lose if the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) proposal to reduce the tariff on pork imports will be given the green light.
This was according to a resolution adopted by the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), the legally mandated arm of the DA for stakeholders’ participation.
The resolution showed that “reducing tariffs on pork imports will deprive the government of much-needed revenues” amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“[These are] revenues that would support the COVID-19 vaccination program and efforts to help the livestock industry recover from the African Swine Fever (ASF) pandemic,” the resolution reads.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 4) The country’s unemployment rate may temporarily rise in 2022 due to the influx of K-12 program graduates, the National Economic and Development Authority said Thursday.
“In 2022, we will have graduates from the first batch of the full K-12 and also the ones finishing college because of the K-12,” said Acting NEDA Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua of the Education Department’s program’s effects. This, the official said, will lead to a huge increase in members of the workforce during that period.
During the presentation of the updated Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022, the department revealed its unemployment rate target range of 5-7% both for this year and next. During the PDP’s initial approval almost four years ago, the economic planning agency eyed to reduce joblessness nationwide to a 3-5% range in 2022.
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