PRELIMINARY development plans for the next administration are already being crafted, officials said, with the focus still on economic growth and poverty reduction.
Five initial priority sectors — macroeconomic stability, governance, infrastructure, food security, and education and health — have been identified for the 2011-2016 Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP), they said.
“What we have now is still raw. We can begin working on the MTPDP only after the next president has been sworn in, delivered his policy speech and relayed his priorities,” Dennis M. Arroyo, planning and policy director at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), said late last week.
“Situationers” will be offered to the next president, NEDA assistant policy and planning director Myrna Clara B. Asuncion said, adding “There is a possibility that the MTPDP will be made sectoral, instead of thematic. The number of chapters might also be reduced to make it more focused”.
Mr. Arroyo, asked his opinion on what should be prioritized by the next government, replied: “Poverty reduction … That will require growth and [an] increase in investments including capital formation and infrastructure.
“Spending more on social priorities, education, and health is also important.”
Mr. Arroyo also stressed the need to break monopoly power, make Filipinos competitive globally by upgrading education and investing in digital infrastructure, and called for the completion of vital transportation links. — Mary Joy Katrina R. Contreras, Businessworld
June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
June 6: Migrant Workers Day
June 19: Filipino Youth Day
June 25: Day of the Filipino Seafarer
