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MAYOR ISKO BATS FOR STIMULUS TO CURB RISING PRICES

Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso said his administration is stepping up efforts to address rising prices of goods by combining direct financial relief and aggressive public spending, as inflation remains one of the top concerns of Filipinos amid the global oil shock driven by escalating tensions in the Middle East.Domagoso said the city […]

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CREATE TO KEEP COVID-HIT BUSINESSES AFLOAT

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte welcomed the signing into law by President Duterte of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act as this measure will help keep businesses afloat, most especially the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and allow them to retain their workers or even hire new ones while the country […]

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GATCHALIAN: MORE LABOR MARKET STIMULUS TO SAVE JOBS AMID PANDEMIC

Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the country’s economic managers to pump more stimulus to the labor market to ensure the preservation of jobs of many Filipinos in the light of the record-breaking unemployment rate in the country amid the strict quarantine measures enforced to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian made the appeal as […]