EDITORIAL - Informal census
Registration for the Philippine Identification System is ongoing, with some 20 million Filipinos already registered as of the start of the month. This is according to the Philippine Statistics Authority or PSA, which is in charge of the PhilSys registration......»»
EDITORIAL - Resettlement
Four years ago this month, the House committee on housing and urban development approved a bill providing for on-site, in-city or near-city housing for informal settlers......»»
EDITORIAL - Transmission risk
With the COVID pandemic still raging, the government is embarking on a house-to-house operation not for contact tracing, but to push ahead with the national census this month. In October, another activity requiring the participation of all households will also be launched the pre-registration for the national identification system......»»
CDO cops lead peaceful eviction of 7K informal settlers
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO) and the city government facilitated Tuesday the demolition of dwellings of some 7,000 informal settlers inside a private property here.Maj. Evan Vinas, COCPO spokesperson, noted that the demolition team did not experience v.....»»
Asian shipyards running out of space to accommodate demand for new LNG ships
By Editorial PortalPortuario.cl / Reuters Tweet embed Shipyards in South Korea and China cannot meet the demand for new LNG tankers as they work to.....»»
Only 14 of 98 Zambo City villages with active Covid-19 cases
ZAMBOANGA CITY - There are only 14 villages with active cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) here, data from the City Health Office showed Saturday.This highly-urbanized city has 98 villages with a population of 977,234 as of the 2020 census.Of the 20 active cases, Baranga.....»»
Free: Xbox gives money to its fans to buy games or DLC
Editorial: the games / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube / Instagram / News / discord /cable If there is one thing that distinguishes Xbox in.....»»
EDITORIAL - Stealing ayuda
Across the country, 17 months of pandemic restrictions have rendered millions jobless, underemployed, bankrupt and impoverished......»»
EDITORIAL - Inspiration from Ninoy
The nation marks the 38th anniversary of the murder of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. today with an additional sad note: the recent death of his only son, former president Benigno “Noynoy” III......»»
EDITORIAL - Masking versus Delta
With the continuing spread nationwide of the highly infectious Delta variant and the sustained high COVID cases in Metro Manila even during lockdown, the Department of Health is urging people to use disposable face masks instead of those made of cloth......»»
EDITORIAL - The COA’s mandate
The Commission on Audit is a constitutional body with its own mandate. That mandate specifically includes submitting an annual report to the Office of the President and Congress and recommending “measures necessary to improve (the) effectiveness and efficiency” of the “financial condition and operation” of government agencies......»»
EDITORIAL - Hospitals overwhelmed, again
Some hospitals are now converting even administrative offices and conference rooms into COVID wards, according to the Department of Health......»»
EDITORIAL - Deficient utilization
The Commission on Audit says it is not pointing to corruption in the “deficiencies” that it has uncovered in the Department of Health’s utilization of funds intended for the COVID-19 pandemic response, including the payment of benefits and special pay to healthcare workers......»»
EDITORIAL - No central database
What used to be the Department of Transportation and Communications lost one aspect of its mandate and a separate department was created, with billions of pesos in public funds allotted to maintain the new bureaucracy......»»
Prioritize informal workers in economic recovery
The government should move to include informal workers hard hit by the pandemic in its efforts to recover from the health crisis, a unit of the Asian Development Bank said......»»
Alaves goals against Real Madrid (1-4). Video
Editorial Mediotiempo Mexico City / 14.08.2021 17:07:45 From home and generate expectations, and thus the beginning real Madrid In the 2021-2022 season this is from.....»»
EDITORIAL - Vaccine hopping
The World Health Organization has been appealing to wealthy states to defer giving booster shots until more people in poor countries have been fully vaccinated......»»
EDITORIAL - Delayed benefits
With COVID infections attributed to the spread of the Delta variant still rising across the country, hospitals are not only seeing their critical care facilities becoming overwhelmed but are also feeling the acute lack of trained healthcare workers......»»
An ‘eco-disaster’ waiting to happen
The editorial headline by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on July 22, 2021 said it all. The “monumental eco-disaster” waiting to happen is the P23-billion, 174-hectare reclamation project that the city of Dumaguete plans to build on the entire seafront of this gentle city by the bay. The project seeks to transform the seaside site into […] The post An ‘eco-disaster’ waiting to happen appeared first on Cebu Daily News......»»
EDITORIAL - Practice makes perfect
After nearly 17 months of various stages of lockdowns to contain COVID-19, the government by now should be adept at the orderly distribution of aid to affected communities......»»
PNP reprimands general who ordered ‘census’
The Philippine National Police is looking into allegations that a PNP general has ordered police officers to conduct a census and gather personal data of people in several parts of the country......»»