Around 50,000 Filipino seafarers working on European vessels would have been put at risk had the Philippines not shown “serious efforts” to comply with the European Commission's International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers.
PSA said food inflation has slowed down to 6.7% in June 2023 from 7.5% in the previous month. However, it is still higher than the 6.4% recorded food inflation in June 2022.
Declaring that the current state of the nation is “sound and improving,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. put forward his favorite topics on economic growth, infrastructure, agriculture, health and climate change, as he did so in his previous State of the Nation Address.
On July 24, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), which lasted an hour and 11 minutes. Here's a roundup of our live fact checks.
Pasakit sa mga manggagawang Pilipino ang patuloy na pagtaas ng mga bilihin samantalang kakarampot ang nadadagdag sa minimum wage. Paano ito tinutugunan ng administrasyong Marcos? Pakinggan ang usapan ng reporters ng VERA Files tungkol sa isyung ito.
Sa dami ng pangako ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa kanyang unang State of the Nation Address (SONA), ano ba ang balak gawin ng pangulo para sa mga manggagawang Pilipino.
Ayungin Shoal is part of the Philippines’ 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone, according to the July 12, 2016 arbitral ruling against China.
In his inaugural State of the Nation Address (SONA) a year ago, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ended his speech with a declaration that “the state of the nation is sound,” even as the country was still grappling with the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. considers the “Build Better More” program as the “pinnacle” of his vision for an “equitable, prosperous and resilient” Philippines.
Marcos continues to improve the government’s social protection programs for Filipinos heavily affected by poverty, calamities and disasters. His proposed pieces of legislation on health response have not been enacted into law.
