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Published May 12, 2021, 5:00 AM The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) remitted over P17 billion in dividends to the National Government (NG) from 2016 to 2020, more than double the total dividends it remitted in the half decade before the present administration. As of the end of last year, the agency’s P17.17 billion total remittance was 108 percent more than the full-term remittances of the previous administration totaling P8.270 billion from 2010 – 2015, PPA General Manager Jay Daniel R. Santiago reported. “We are happy to announce that the PPA has surpassed the total dividends it post...

The newly upgraded airport will transform Calbayog City and Samar province as the new transportation hub in Eastern Visayas and will help boost the region’s economy, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Secretary Michael Dino said during the inauguration of the airport. The Calbayog Airport underwent upgrading by the Department of Transportation (DOTr), together with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). This is another milestone in the Duterte Administration’s Build, Build, Build program. Aside from Secretary Dino, DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade and CAAP Director Genera...

Published May 10, 2021, 12:48 PM The compromise between the Senate and the government’s economic team on pork is not expected to control the rising minimum access volume (MAV) pork imports, according to a top official of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP). In a statement, KMP instead urged government to focus its efforts and resources on improving local food production to address rising food prices. KMP Chairman Emeritus Rafael Mariano said the “compromise deal” about reducing the proposed increase on pork imports under MAV and pork import tariff cut is “grossly insufficient.�...

Press Release May 10, 2021 108 Malasakit Centers continue to provide convenient access to medical assistance nationwide as Bong Go lauds latest launch in Apayao While helping the government address the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen the health care system amid the ongoing health crisis, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go also remains focused on achieving his vision of providing convenient access to health services nationwide. He recently virtually attended the launch of the country's 108th Malasakit Center at the Conner District Hospital in Conner, Apayao on Friday, May 7. This is the fifth Mala...

Two Filipino migration specialists oppose Duterte’s proposed DOFil an hour ago The regional Rights Corridor hosts the Zoom webinar ‘Discussions on the Department of Overseas Filipinos’ on Friday. Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Senior Reporter Two Philippine migration specialists with vast experience on both domestic and international labour governance as well as an official of two organisations into the promotion for the protection of the rights and welfare of overseas/returning Filipinos have opposed the proposed Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFil) by the Duterte Administrat...