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The number of establishments in Eastern Visayas has decreased by 10.8 percent between 2019 to 2020 largely due to pandemic restrictions, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday. During the data dissemination 2020 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) at the Oriental Hotel in this town, PSA Eastern Visayas Regional Director Wilma Perante said the count of establishments in the formal sector of economy dropped to 7,237 in 2020 from 8,117 a year earlier. “The number of workers also decreased to 6.15 million in 2020 from 7.73 million in 2019. The PSA conducted the survey
US President Joe Biden was briefed Tuesday about reports of Russian missile strikes in Poland, said the White House. Biden will also speak to Polish President Andrzej Duda “shortly,” it said in a statement. Also, Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke with his Polish counterpart Jacek Siewiera on the matter. “We’ve seen the reports out of Poland and are working with the Polish government to gather more information. Shortly after receiving these reports, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke with Chief of the National Security Bureau of Poland Jacek Siewiera,” said National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne
Authorities have served another warrant against a mid-level leader of the Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) detained for kidnappings and bombings, a police official said Wednesday. Maj. Allan Alog, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Sulu Provincial Field Unit chief, said an arrest warrant for kidnapping for ransom was served to Ben Ahaddi Quirino at 2:43 p.m. Tuesday at the provincial jail in Barangay Bangkal in Patikul town, Sulu province. Alog said the warrant against Quirino was issued by the court of Imelda town, Zamboanga Sibugay, dated May 7, 2018. No bail was recommended by the court. The
The chief of the Land Transportation Office-National Capital Region-West (LTO-NCR-West) called on district heads of the agency to constantly remind and educate the employees of their anti-fixing policy. LTO-NCR-West director Roque “Rox” Verzosa III made the call in a memorandum to district heads and employees amid complaints and reports on the proliferation of fixers within the vicinity of their offices. “Please be reminded of our policy on anti-fixing and other corrupt activities as enshrined in RA 9485 (Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007), as amended by RA 11032 (Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is set to start the implementation of the cash-for-work in six towns of the province of Benguet. DSWD Cordillera director Leo Quintilla, in a statement Wednesday, said the mayors of the towns of Atok, Bakun, Kabayan, Kapangan, Kibungan and Mankayan have signed the memorandum of agreement for the implementation of the program under the “Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS). “The allocation of the grant for each municipality is based on population and poverty index,” he said.
