Monthly Archives: July 2021

by Ambeth R. Ocampo, 14 Jul 2021 During President Duterte’s last televised address, Education Secretary Leonor Briones announced that the World Bank gave in to her demand for a public apology, following its premature release of an unfavorable report on the current state of Philippine education. That is the spin. In reality, the apology does…

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by Gerardo P. Sicat (The Philippine Star), 14 Jul 2021 This year is another difficult year for the Philippines. One year and a few months have now passed since the pandemic hit us. The consequences on the country have brought hardship on many.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 14 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) recorded a double-digit growth for the second straight month in May as deployment continued to accelerate amid the easing of travel restrictions as host countries ramp up COVID-19 vaccination, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno…

by Andrew J. Masigan (The Philippine Star), 14 Jul 2021 Education Secretary Leonor Briones cried foul over the publication of a World Bank report saying that more than 80 percent of Filipino students don’t meet the standards for their grade level. Briones claimed that the World Bank failed to follow protocol in that it should…

by Helen Flores (The Philippine Star), 14 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — About 4.2 million Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months, the latest Social Weather Stations’ (SWS) survey showed.

by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez (The Freeman), 14 Jul 2021 If the candidates for 2022 do not take a moment and look back at the hard and bitter lessons learned in 2016, then they are bound to suffer the same hardships and bitterness again. Lesson 1.) Too many candidates of the opposition makes the administration…

by INQUIRER RESEARCH INQ, 14 Jul 2021 Hunger incidence remained high, with 4.2 million Filipino families saying they experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

By Roy Stephen C. Canivel, 14 Jul 2021 Car and truck manufacturers sold 22,550 units in June, a 44.8-percent growth from the same month a year ago, as the industry continues to grow despite previous fears that a tax on imported cars would hold back its recovery.

By Miguel R. Camus, @miguelrcamusINQ, 14 Jul 2021 The exodus of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (Pogo) companies that characterized the woes of the Metro Manila office sector in 2020 has ended and demand for new space is returning, property veteran David Leechiu said on Tuesday.

By Krixia Subingsubing, 13 Jul 2021 Backed by a supermajority in both the Senate and House of Representatives, the Duterte administration can lay claim to being the third most productive in the post-Edsa revolution era in terms of passed legislation.

By Marlon Ramos, 13 Jul 2021 Remember Bonita Baran? Baran, the housemaid who became the face of modern-day slavery after she accused her employers in 2012 of maltreating her, has attained her quest for justice as the Supreme Court affirmed the life term meted out on the couple who had physically abused her until she…

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 13 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) expects the number of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that have closed due to the coronavirus pandemic to go down in the coming months, provided there would be no shift to stricter quarantine restrictions.

by Cielito F. Habito, 13 Jul 2021 Believe it or not, we have more than recovered the number of jobs killed by the pandemic last year. We now have over two million jobs more than there were before the pandemic flattened our economy. The May 2021 Labor Force Survey (LFS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority…

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By Ferdinand Patinio, 12 Jul 2021 MANILA – The government has repatriated over 600,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic since May 2020.

By Dona Z. Pazzibugan, 12 Jul 2021 Beginning October, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will consider the ads of political candidates in social media to be part of the candidates’ campaign expenses for the May 9, 2022, elections and will be regulated as such.

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 12 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Update 1, July 13, 2021 9:23 a.m.) — The Philippines’ hard-earned credit rating that the Duterte administration tried to protect by limiting pandemic spending is now at risk of being downgraded, as the health crisis is seen leaving deep economic scars.

by Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star), 11 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The crime volume in the country during the administration of President Duterte dropped by at least 64 percent compared to his predecessor, the late president Benigno Aquino III, the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced yesterday.

By Kathleen de Villa and Arianne Suarez, 11 Jul 2021 (First of a series) With a year left in his term, President Duterte is set to deliver his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 26. In his first Sona in 2016, a 90-minute speech that was warmly received as it…

by Inquirer Research INQ, 11 Jul 2021 Filipino families who rated themselves as “borderline poor” and “borderline food-poor” doubled in Metro Manila, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that was conducted weeks after the capital regions and nearby provinces were placed under the strictest community quarantine status to contain a surge in…

by Randy David, https://inqm.news/dsgc, 11 Jul 2021 The below-average test scores of most Filipino students in Mathematics and Science that have been reported in various international assessments are all ultimately attributable to a reading comprehension problem. Our students simply can’t grasp the meaning of what they’re reading, or relate this to what they know, even…

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by Ben O. de Vera, 10 Jul 2021 The state planning agency National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) expects a steady easing of food prices up to the end of this year given enough supply of rice, chicken, fish and, boosted by the influx of pork imports, meat.

by Danessa Rivera (The Philippine Star), 10 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy sees electric vehicles (EVs) accounting for 10 percent of the total registered vehicles in the country by 2040.

by Karl R. Ocampo, 10 Jul 2021 Despite several attempts to revive the Philippine agriculture industry, a World Bank report showed that the local farm sector had remained the laggard in Asia due largely to misdirected policies.

PDP-Laban panel expels Cusi, 2 others By Kaithreen Cruz, 9 Jul 2021 MAYOR Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domangoso and Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao topped social media’s most influential list of potential candidates for president and vice president in the 2022 elections, according to a study.

German carmaker Opel said Thursday that it would stop producing cars with internal combustion engines in Europe by 2028, one of the most ambitious greening targets in the accelerating shift to electric vehicles. German carmaker Opel said Thursday that it would stop producing cars with internal combustion engines in Europe by 2028, one of the…

Given recent interest on PH education, let me share the results of PIDS' research on the 4th Graduate Tracer Survey (GTS), which collected data on college experience – skills learned and quality of instruction – and how it relates to employability, citizenship, satisfaction. ?1/ — James Miraflor ? (@futilityfunc) July 9, 2021