Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Friday, May 14, 2021. READ: New AIDS wave hits PH The Philippines is in the midst of a “new wave” of HIV/AIDS — human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — cases that have spread mostly among young people. Paula Munderi, United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Prevention team leader, said the country had the […]
A throng of health workers gather outside the Sta. Ana Hospital in Manila on May 13, 2021 hoping to get a shot of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. Many left disappointed after being told that the shots were reserved for government hospital workers. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO
A health worker draws a Pfizer vaccine out of a vial at the Lakeshore Center in Taguig City on May 13, 2021. Medical workers in Metro Manila were inoculated with the vaccine during its initial rollout on Thursday. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO
Philippine National Police chief Guillermo Eleazar hands a dressed chicken to a Muslim leader during the celebration of Eid al-Fitr and the opening of the Barangayanihan Food Bank in Barangay Culiat, Quezon City on May 13, 2021. PHOTO BY RUY L. MARTINEZ
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects the Philippine economy to finally post a positive growth in the second quarter of the year. “As to the trajectory of growth, we expect this to turn positive beginning in the second quarter of the year. Again, mostly due to positive base effects, but … going forward it […]
The Philippines was one of the top five recipients of remittances last year, a report released by the World Bank said. The World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief showed that in current US dollar terms, the top five recipient countries last year were India, China, Mexico, the Philippines and Egypt. “Defying earlier predictions of […]
Most analysts believe the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will keep its accommodative monetary policy setting throughout the year to support Philippine economic recovery amid easing inflationary pressures. Comments by Fitch Solutions, Nomura, Capital Economics and ING Bank Manila analysts followed the Thursday decision of the Monetary Board to keep the central bank’s overnight borrowing, […]
A private sector group is calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to issue an executive order (EO) that will require local government units (LGUs) to allocate 10 percent of their internal revenue allotment (IRA) for food security and to develop Philippine agriculture. In an online press briefing on Thursday, the leaders of Philippine Chamber of Agriculture […]
Investment pledges approved by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) went up by 53 percent to P25.38 billion in the first quarter of the year. In a statement on Wednesday, PEZA said 57 projects were approved during the period that are expected to generate a total of 5,601 jobs. Among the 57 newly approved projects, […]
More than 17000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have benefitted from the loans provided under the public-private credit program Credit Surety Fund, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). In a virtual briefing on Wednesday, BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno reported that as of end-2020, an estimated 17,527 MSME borrowers have benefited under the […]