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(SunStar Philippines) THE National Economic and Development Authority launched Friday the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022, the blueprint for the country’s development under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Embedded in the PDP are bedrock strategies that provide the necessary environment for the plan to work, Neda said. These include achieving peace and security, accelerating infrastructure ...

Ben O. de Vera (Inquirer.net) President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all government agencies to implement the administration’s medium-term development plan and take it into utmost consideration when pitching their annual budgets. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia, who is also chief of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), told reporters Friday that the President signed last ...

Madelaine B. Miraflor (Manila Bulletin) There is now a move in the government to create an integrated governing body, or something like a Department of Water, that will administer the efficient distribution of water throughout the country. National Water Regulatory Board (NWRB) Executive Director Sevillo David Jr. said the plan to establish Department of Water is now ...

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) presented AmBisyon Natin 2040 or the country’s long-term vision to foreign journalists from Jefferson Fellows on May 26 at the Executive Lounge, NEDA Pasig. Undersecretary Rosemarie G. Edillon welcomed the Jefferson Fellows and presented to them the AmBisyon Natin 2040. She discussed the ...

Dexter Yap (Daily Zamboanga Times) The House Committee on Public Works and Highways chaired by Cong. Celso Lobregat has recently approved House Resolution No. 10 last May 24, 2017. HR No. 10 sponsored by Cong. Lobregat urges the National and Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to support the proposed Zamboanga City Impounding Dam Project and to include it ...