Day: October 23, 2024

Manila: Finance Secretary and current Chair of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G-24) Board of Governors Ralph Recto is pushing for key reforms to empower the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) to better serve developing countries. In a statement on Wednesday, the DOF said Recto championed four key reforms during a high-level meeting of ministers and governors on Oct. 22 held at the IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Philippines currently serves as the Chair of the G-24 Bureau for 2023-2024. “We continue to call for a more agile and resolute IMF and World Bank.

BUTUAN CITY – The Coast Guard District in Northeastern Mindanao (CGD-NEM) reported that 445 passengers remain stranded at ports over the past two days after sea travel was suspended due to Tropical Storm (TS) Kristine. In a statement Wednesday, CGD-NEM said most of the stranded passengers are at ports in Surigao del Norte and the Dinagat Islands, including those in Siargao and the Bucas Grande Islands. ‘These numbers may change as we continue to monitor port conditions through our Coast Guard stations in Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands,’ CGD-NEM said. Based on the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services

Manila: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday attributed the decline in self-rated poverty and hunger in the country to the anti-poverty programs of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. In a news release, Romualdez particularly cited the government’s “whole-of-government” approach to poverty reduction, noting that it is starting to yield results. The latest Tugon ng Masa (TNM) survey results from OCTA Research showed a 5-percentage point drop for both self-rated poverty and self-rated hunger in the third quarter of this year. ‘The reforms and programs being implemented by President Marcos Jr.’s administration are now bearing fruit. The latest survey shows that over

Manila: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday assured President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. that the agency has enough stockpiles of family food packs (FFPs) in its hubs, spokes, and last mile warehouses across all regions for augmentation to local government units (LGUs) affected by the onslaught of Tropical Storm Kristine. ‘Mr. President, we’re back to the 2-million mark, this is the pre-national stockpile…the identified regions have very high stockpiles. Region 1 (Ilocos Region) has 93,836; Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has 109,353; Region 3 (Central Luzon) has 170,352; 4-A (Calabarzon) has 101,429; 4-B (Mimaropa) 101,371,’

Manila: The Philippine National Police (PNP) has discovered in its investigations that Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy was trying to emulate the biblical story of King Solomon who had 700 wives and 300 concubines, a police official said on Wednesday. During the resumption of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality’s probe on alleged abuses within the KOJC, Davao City Police Office Director Col. Hansel Marantan said this was based on the narrative of Quiboloy’s former inner pastorals who listened to his preaching. “Believed to have victimized 200 women already, currently, PNP identified