By Rose de la Cruz The current lack of information on how to practice safe sex to avoid sexually transmitted diseases like HIV-AIDS plus the lack of treatment facilities to cater to the growing number of afflicted persons have given rise to the continued surge in the disease, which the Department of Health expect to double by 2030 from 215,400 …
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By Rose de la Cruz The Philippine Statistics Authority said foreign investment pledges to the country’s Investment Promotion Agencies, except those by Filipino nationals, contracted in the first quarter of 2024 by 63.6 percent to P148.43 billion, a steep decline from the P408.22 billion approved in the same quarter 2023. The highest investment commitment approved came from Singapore at P70.06 …
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By Rose de la Cruz Since there is nothing that can be done about the extreme heat and other climatic aberrations in the coming years, the government must come up with climate-adaptive school buildings and other public buildings to ensure that schooling of the youth and livelihood of civil servants will not be sacrificed everytime abnormal climate conditions occur in …
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By Rose de la Cruz The 2024 TransUnion report on the State of Ominichannel Fraud Report said that 13.3 percent of account logins for digital transactions in the Philippines were suspected as Digital Fraud in 2023. The data also said the volume of suspected digital fraud worldwide rose 14 percent year-on-year in 2023 and 105 percent from 2019 to 2023, …
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By Rose de la Cruz The deadline to remove unconsolidated jeepneys from the roads takes effect tomorrow (May 16) and yet drivers and operators of the unconsolidated jeepneys have been waging protests against their phase out with “anti-poor” modern jeepneys and mini buses, that would make them obtain loans of P2.4 million each just to be able to continue plying …
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By Rose de la Cruz A study on making the Pasig River ferry an augmentation to the train services to ease the transport shortage in the National Capital Region is now being undertaken by the Department of Transportation. Once completed, the department will bid out the contract to develop the Manila-Bay- Pasig River- Marikina-Laguna lake ferry system by next year. …
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By Rose de la Cruz From its busiest days as the fifth largest supplier of all types of ships in the world, the Subic Bay shipyard, now under the joint venture of Korean firm HG Hyundai Heavy Industries and US venture capitalist Cerberus Capital Management, now vows to revive those glorious moments for the partners and for the country. It …
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The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has allocated P1.7 billion in emergency loans to provide assistance to its members and pensioners affected by rabies and El Niño in 13 areas nationwide. Over 77,000 affected members and old-age and disability pensioners are expected to benefit from the program. Members and pensioners with an existing emergency loan balance may borrow up to …
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The massive use of solar panels to capture solar energy in industrial and residential places, once realized, will definitely help in our quest for food security. This was discussed, among other subjects on solar energy, by esteemed industrial development expert Dominador Maglaqui Jr., popularly known as Tito Maglaqui, during a regular forum with the Capampangan in Media Inc (CAMI) here …
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By Rose de la Cruz The creation of an Anti Red Tape Authority on May 28, 2018 is perceived to have complicated, instead of simplified, the processing of business permits and projects in the country. Right now, German and Filipino investors have said red tape (and the inconstancy of policies) is still their foremost concern– particularly for companies that have …
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