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(Eagle News)–Former National Economic Development Authority chief Ernesto Pernia said his view more economic activity should resume amid the COVID-19 pandemic made him a “dissonant” voice in the Cabinet. Pernia made the revelation in an interview over CNN Philippines, days after he resigned as NEDA chief. According to Pernia, he was among those who pushed for the resumption of infrastructure projects but this was not approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, April 18, said it expects the acting National Economic Development Authority chief Karl Kendrick Chua to “continue the economic momentum set by his predecessor” as the country prepares for the “new normal.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the remark as he thanked Ernesto Pernia, who resigned as NEDA chief, for “his valuable contribution to the Philippine economy.” According to Roque, Pernia was part of the economic team that “steered the […]
Cites “personal reasons,” “differences” with other Cabinet members (Eagle News) — Ernesto Pernia on Friday, April 17, announced his resignation as head of the National Economic Development Authority. In a statement, Pernia said his resignation was “due partly to personal reasons and partly to differences in development philosophy with a few of my fellow Cabinet members.” He did not, however, elaborate. “I would like to thank the President for appointing me to the position. It has […]
(Eagle News) — Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia on Friday, June 8, denied the National Economic and Development Authority ever claimed that P10,000 were enough to sustain the needs of a family of five per month. “Nauunawaan at ikinalulungkot ko na may mga taong nadismaya sa ginamit na halimbawa sa press conference noong ika-5 ng Hunyo 2018. Nililinaw ko po na hindi kailanman nabanggit ng NEDA na ito ay disenteng budget para sa isang pamilya,” […]
(Eagle News) — National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General and Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said on Tuesday that the Philippines was again one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia, only after China and Vietnam. Pernia made the announcement after the Philippine Statistics Office announced the Philippine economy hit a 6.6-percent growth rate in the last quarter of 2017. The PSA said this brought the overall growth of the country’s economy in 2017 to […]
Statement of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief and Socio Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia: “With our country growing at 6.5 percent in the second quarter of 2017, I am pleased to inform you that we remain as one of the best-performing economies in Asia. We are well on track to meeting our full-year target growth of 6.5 to 7.5 percent. We have overtaken Vietnam’s 6.2 percent growth and Indonesia’s 5.0 percent […]
