Thailand s Finance Ministry has downgraded its growth forecast for the country to 2.8 percent (Photo: VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – The Finance Ministry
of Thailand has cut its 2021
economic growth forecast for the country to 2.8
percent from the 4.5 percent projected last October.
Kulaya Tantitemit, acting head of the Fiscal
Policy Office (FPO), said while stimulus measures have been launched to prop up
the economy and the export market is expected to rebound this year, the massive
drop in foreign tourists has had the biggest impact on the economy.
The revision is in line with the projection that
foreign tourist arrivals in Thailand this year will fall further to 5 million,
A screen capture of the article on Pretoria News (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – South Africa’s Pretoria News on
January 29 ran an article entitled “Historic milestone for Vietnam” by its
Editor-in-Chief
Valerie Boje, highlighting the success of the comprehensive and
modern
diplomacy of Vietnam with focus on the three pillars of Party diplomacy,
State diplomacy and people-to-people diplomacy.
The article noted that Vietnam has diplomatic relations with
189 members of the United Nations - including
South Africa - and long-term
cooperation frameworks with 30 strategic and comprehensive partners, including
all ASEAN countries and most of the G20.
As a key member of the Association of Southeast Asian
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+ January 30, 2021 TOP business leaders in Cebu say it is a relief that the whole island will continue to be under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) in February despite the rising cases of Covid-19.
Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Steven Yu said now more than ever, the country should maintain a balancing act between lives and livelihood.
“Our gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 9.5 percent in 2020, the worst since World War 2. It is in its most fragile state and requires careful balancing. We have to learn how to live with the virus minus a lockdown even at a granular level, to sustain the economy and avoid permanent and irreparable damage,” Yu pointed out.
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 29 (PIA) - - The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Region VI is reminding registrants on the necessary supporting documents to bring during the second step of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) registration tentatively scheduled this coming February.
Step 2 registration is the validation of supporting documents and the capture of biometric information of individuals who participated in the first step of the registration phase which involved house-to-house collection of demographic information of these individuals and scheduling of their appointments to the registration center.
PSA VI Regional Director Fred Sollesta said the primary documents that are required for registrants to bring at the registration centers established by the different local government units in the region are PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth and one government-issued identification document which bears a full name, front-facing photograph, and signature or thumbmark such as
TACLOBAN CITY The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - Leyte Provincial Statistical Office resumed the Step 1 Registration for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) on 18 January 2021. For this year, all provinces from all over the country implements the Step 1 Registration process following the 32 provinces who took part in the Pilot Registration last year. The Step 1 Registration involves house-to-house visit and collection of demographic data using tablet device of all household members in identified barangays.
In Leyte, a total of 13 hired Field Supervisors and 57 Data Collectors were trained last 15-16 January 2021 to conduct the Step 1 Registration. The enumeration for the Step 1 will run from 18 January 2021 until 31 March 2021 with a total target of 215,460 individuals from 43 cities and municipalities including Tacloban City. The identification of barangays were based on the number of low-income household and internet connectivity considering the possibil