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
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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