Pro-women’s group Gabriela staged a “tambay boodle lunch” in front of the National Economic Development Authority (Neda) office in Pasig City on Friday to protest against the economic managers’ alleged efforts to downplay the effects of inflation…
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña announced that he will be sending a formal letter today to the National Economic and Development Authority Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA – ICC) to intervene and review the recommendations of the Department…
IMMEDIATE SOLUTION TO CEBU’S TRAFFIC WOES Transportation Assistant Secretary Mark Steven Pastor confirms DOTr received a proposal for a P155-billion Cebu LRT project but it was returned to the proponents because it had no feasibility study, among…
More infrastructure programs and social protection initiatives are seen to sustain the Philippine’s upward economic growth. National Economic Development and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Ernesto Pernia, in yesterday’s third leg of the Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) in…
Did the Office of the Presidential Assistant of the Visayas (OPAV) influence the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on reorganizing the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)? Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña believed…
Despite movement in consumer prices nationwide, the prices of goods in Central Visayas remained unchanged in November this year. According to a report by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), regional inflation for November 2017 was recorded…
THE country’s chief economist has anticipated a full-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth hitting the middle of the government’s 6.5–7.5 percent target. “If we hit close to the midrange we’ll be happy with that, higher or lower…
The National Economic and Development Authority Board, which is chaired by the President, has approved on Tuesday afternoon the additional budget for the Cebu BRT Project. The increase is from P10.6 billion to P16.3 billion. Cebu BRT…
THE National Economic and Development Authority in Central Visayas (Neda-7) is among this year’s awardees of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for supporting the financial institution in its programs and other initiatives to improve the quality…
The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) – Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) Cabinet Committee (CabCom) has approved the additional budget request for the Cebu BRT project in a meeting in Manila on Friday afternoon. According to BRT-Project Implementation…
Additional funding of P6.3B up for discussion in the Neda ICC meeting It is not yet the end of the road for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project being proposed by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña. The…
Central Visayas has grown remarkably in the last six years, according to the country’s economic chief, but he said it can still do better with Cebu taking the lead. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said Central Visayas,…
