President Benigno Aquino addresses students and government workers in Manila on June 30, 2011, at a ceremony marking his first year in office. Aquino said he was on track to rid the country of corruption and bring economic development despite his falling popularity ratings. Read the rest of this entry »
What are the details of PHL Dev’t Plan?
July 24, 2011
Poverty to be reduced by 10% yearly–MTPDP
May 30, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The Aquino administration aims to reduce poverty incidence in the Philippines by 10% annually until the President’s term ends in 2016, the 2011 to 2016 Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) said. Read the rest of this entry »
Groups pan govt failure to ‘green’ MTPDP
April 3, 2011
ENVIRONMENTAL groups expressed their dismay over the recently approved 2011 to 2016 Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) in a media briefing on March 29 in Quezon City. Read the rest of this entry »
Philippines could catch up with Asean neighbors
April 1, 2011
THE World Bank and other development partners of the Philippines have expressed confidence that the newly unveiled 2011-2016 Philippine Development Plan (PDP) would spur economic growth in the country for the next six years. Read the rest of this entry »
MTPDP omitted provisions on ecological protection
March 31, 2011
Environmental groups assailed the recently approved Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) for 2011-2016 released by the National Economic Development Authority (Neda) the other day for supposedly lacking provisions to concretize President Aquino’s social contract with the Filipino people. Read the rest of this entry »
Aquino blueprint aims for 1-M jobs
March 21, 2011
PLAN EXCLUDES IMPACT OF REVERSAL IN OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT
THE Aquino administration plans to create a million jobs a year and to triple per capita income through higher economic growth and infrastructure investment in the next six years. Read the rest of this entry »
Aquino MTPDP proposes nuke plant
March 18, 2011
THE Aquino administration has proposed the establishment of a nuclear power plant in its Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) for 2011-2016, according to the country’s socioeconomic planning chief. Read the rest of this entry »
Groups urge Aquino
February 27, 2011
GLOBAL WARNING
TO ‘green the MTPDP’ in an open letter
Dear President Aquino:
It is our interest to support your administration in its pursuit for reforms particularly in light of your social contract with the Filipino people. We see the utmost importance of a well-crafted Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP 2011-2016) in clearly defining the directions and the blueprint for our country’s growth and development under your term. Read the rest of this entry »
Draft dev’t plan calls for new taxes
January 24, 2011
NEW TAX LAWS will be pursued by the Aquino administration based on the draft 2011-2016 Philippine development plan, with officials saying a pledge not to push adjustments could be dropped by next year. Read the rest of this entry »
Civil society alliance proposes priority bills
January 23, 2011
Below is a short list of the pending bills in Congress, which the same alliance of civil society groups believe, should be prioritized and passed during the current Fifteenth Congress. The list is based on the bills cited in the draft of Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) chapters; the Citizens’ Roadmap for Poverty Reduction and Achieving the Millenuim Development Goals, which contain civil society recommendations for the MTPDP; and the multisectoral legislative agenda developed by various civil society groups during the third National Multi-Sectoral Policy Conference on Human Development. Read the rest of this entry »
