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(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology has so far generated around 56 million digital national IDs. Information and Communications Secretary Ivan John Uy said the digital IDs can be accessed via the eGovPH app while users wait for their corresponding physical IDs from the Philippine Statistics Authority and PhilSys. “So, ‘pag access niyan, lalabas iyong digital ID ninyo. Kung sinabi na hindi ma-access, then may problema sa PSA,” Uy said. He said a […]
MANILA, Feb 8, 2024 (AFP) – Rescuers used their bare hands and shovels to dig through mud on Thursday in a desperate search for survivors of a landslide in the Philippines as the number of missing nearly doubled to 90, an official said. Two days after the rain-induced landslide hit the mountainous gold-mining village of Masara on southern Mindanao island, searchers were in a race against time and weather. At least seven people were killed […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has approved the release of P265 million in financial assistance to flood-stricken Mindanao. “I released the P265 million to make sure that the response is immediate and maramdaman agad ng tao na mayroon silang tulong, maramdaman nilang – mayroon silang gagamitin sa pangangailangan nila,” the President said. Of the amount, the provinces of Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Agusan del Sur, Davao de Oro received P30 million each while the provinces […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos on Wednesday, Feb. 7, led the ceremonial signing of civil works contracts for the Davao Public Transport Modernization Project (DPTMP). With the signing, civil work for the DPTMP is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2024. The DPTMP is envisioned to be a 672-kilometer bus route network serving 29 interconnected routes with 400 articulated battery electric buses and more than 500 diesel buses. Once completed, it is expected to […]
NEDA says rate is lowest recorded in nearly two decades (Eagle News)–The Philippines registered an unemployment rate of 3.1 percent in December 2023. According to the National Economic Development Authority, this represents a year-on-year decrease of 617,000 unemployed individuals, with its “significant” decrease from the 4.3 percent unemployment rate recorded in December 2022. NEDA said this is also the lowest unemployment rate recorded in nearly two decades. Citing Philippine Statistics Authority data, the underemployment rate, […]
(Eagle News)–The country’s headline inflation further eased to 2.8 percent in January, the Philippine Statistics Authority has reported. According to the PSA, this was the lowest inflation rate reported since October 2020, when the rate was at 2.3 percent. January’s headline inflation is also down from the 3.9 percent reported in December last year and the 8.7 percent reported in January 2023. It was well within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ forecast range of 2.8 […]
MANILA, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – The Philippines has thwarted thousands of “sophisticated” cyberattacks targeting the websites of President Ferdinand Marcos, the Philippine Coast Guard and other government agencies, an official said Tuesday. Hackers began the attacks last year and an investigation was underway to determine if the perpetrators were based in China, undersecretary Jeffrey Ian Dy of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) told a congressional hearing. Dy said the attackers used […]
Unsuccessful spying attempts on gov’t email address systems, PBBM site also revealed (Eagle News)–The country’s cybersecurity experts have thwarted recent hacking attacks against a Philippine government website, a Department of Information and Communications Technology official revealed. Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Jeff Ian Dy said the attacks intended to take down the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration website in the past weeks were brute force attacks. “Uulitin ano, hindi naman ito natuloy kasi we were […]
MANILA, Feb 3, 2024 (AFP) – The death toll from landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain in the southern Philippines in the past week has risen to 14, official tallies showed Saturday. Rain has pounded parts of Mindanao, the country’s second-largest island, on and off for weeks and forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters. At least 10 people died in recent days in the mountainous gold mining province of Davao de […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government bucked a proposal for Mindanao to secede from the country, saying it is “not the answer to (its) concerns.” Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said “the Philippines must remain united and undivided” instead to ensure long-lasting and continued peace, progress and development in the southern Philippines. He added secession “would violate the fundamental tenets of our Constitution.” “It would destroy the territorial integrity of the Philippines, and […]
(Eagle News)–The government on Saturday, Feb. 3, said the Philippines’ slight improvement in the Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International was both a “challenge to do better” and “a reason for hope that the country is headed in the right direction.” Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said “earnest efforts” are already being undertaken to implement digital transformation. He said the initiative aims to “streamline institutional processes and curtail opportunities for graft and corruption,” adding it was […]
(Eagle News)–The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas expects the country’s January 2024 inflation to settle within the 2.8 to 3.6 percent range. Inflation measures how fast the prices of goods and services are rising. In its month-ahead inflation forecast, the BSP said the higher prices of some agricultural items, like rice, meat, fruits, and fish, along with increased petroleum prices, electricity and water rates, annual adjustment in sin taxes, and the depreciation of the peso are […]
