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Postponement would mean another round of voter registration, says Comelec (Eagle News) – A committee of the House of Representatives approved the proposal to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) to December next year. The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms voted on Tuesday, August 16, to move the elections from the original schedule on December 5, 2022 to December 4, 2023. With a vote of 12-2, the House panel members approved […]
SIARGAO — H.E. Luc Véron, European Union Ambassador to the Philippines, is visiting Siargao Island from 15 to 18 August to monitor EU humanitarian aid and development projects and discuss the recovery with local officials and communities. This is eight months following typhoon Odette (Rai) and the fourth outreach mission of Ambassador Véron to see realities on the ground while observing health protocols. Since last year, he went to development programmes in the Cordillera Administrative […]
Affected persons reach 513,330 as aftershocks continue; quake death toll still at 11 (Eagle News) – More than half a million people were affected by the July 27 magnitude 7 quake that hit Northern Luzon after the Philippine disaster agency reported an increasing number of people impacted by the tremor. The deaths from the tremor have also risen to 11, while those injured reached 615 as of the latest report from the National Disaster Risk […]
(Eagle News) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., joined the entire nation in mourning the death of Lydia de Vega, who was once known as Asia’s fastest woman. De Vega, 57, died of cancer on Wednesday evening, August 10. “I join the entire nation in mourning the untimely demise of former Asian sprint queen Lydia de Vega, after a four-year battle with breast cancer. My sincerest condolences to her family and loved ones,” Marcos Jr […]
Main growth contributors were transportation and construction; services sector posted highest positive growth (Eagle News) – The Philippine economy grew by 7.4 percent in the second quarter of 2022, mostly due to growth in the construction sector and transportation and storage, according to figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority. The figure, however, was lower than the first quarter growth figure of 8.3 percent, and also lower than the fourth quarter of 2021 growth rate […]
The Philippines’ economic growth slowed in the second quarter, officials said Tuesday, as they warned that surging inflation and the coronavirus pandemic would weigh on the outlook for the rest of the year. Gross domestic product rose 7.4 percent, slightly weaker than the 7.5 percent expected and down from 8.2 percent in the previous three months, Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan told reporters. “We’re likely to face challenges indeed in sustaining that growth,” he […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines’ Department of Foreign affairs (DFA) welcomed the cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip, saying it hoped that this ceasefire would hold. It also maintained the Alert Level 1 or precautionary phase in Israel. Alert Level 1 is issued “when there are valid signs of internal disturbance, instability, and/or external threat to the host country,” according to the DFA. The truce between truce between Islamic Jihad militants and Israel came […]
by Allison JACKSON Agence France Presse US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr Saturday in a bid to bolster the countries’ “strong” alliance, as China conducts military drills around Taiwan. Blinken is the most senior US official to visit the Philippines — a treaty-bound ally of the United States — since Marcos took office. “The alliance is strong and I believe can grow even stronger,” Blinken told Marcos […]
Foreign policy & security analyst Lucio Blanco Pitlo weighs in on the recent visit of US Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan and its impact on ASEAN, specifically the Philippines. Factors like the Philippines’ proximity to Taiwan, our large OFW population, our trade & investment relations with China, our mutual defense agreements with the US entangle us in this potential diplomatic & geopolitical powderkeg.
But PSA notes inflation in NCR slowed down to 5.1 percent (Eagle News) — The country’s inflation rose to 6.4 percent in July, the highest recorded since October 2018, with the growth in the food index as the main driver of inflation, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Friday, August 5. But at the same time, the PSA noted that the inflation in Metro Manila slowed down in July to 5.1 percent. This was […]
ASEAN also declares support for one-China policy, urges “maximum restraint” for all parties (Eagle News) – The Philippines declared its continued adherence to the One-China Policy as it expressed concern about the rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait due to the recent visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan. “The Philippines is concerned with the rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait, just north of the Philippines,” the DFA said in a statement […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next week to the Philippines to meet new President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with Washington expecting a close alliance despite rights concerns. Blinken will meet Marcos in Manila on August 6 as part of efforts “to strengthen the US-Philippines alliance” including on energy and trade, the State Department said. They will also discuss “our shared democratic values,” a statement said. Blinken will […]
