'SUSTAINABLE AND ACCOUNTABLE'. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman delivers a keynote speech during the "Partners in Service 2023" event held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on Friday (Feb. 17, 2023). She said sustainability and accountability in procurement efforts are key to "genuine, all-encompassing" prosperity. (Photo courtesy of DBM) MANILA - The Philippines can achieve a "genuine, all-encompassing" prosperity through a "sustainable and accountable" procurement system, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said Friday. During the "Partners in Service 2023" event held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, Pangandaman said fostering accountability and sustainability in public procurement would encourage more partnerships with the private sector and provide greater opportunities to the Filipino people. "This can be achieved through a sustainable and accountable pro
NEW VARIANT. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malacanan Palace on Thursday (Jan. 6, 2022). Duterte expressed concerns over the new B.1.640.2 lineage or the IHU Covid-19 variant, saying it will enter the country "whether we like it or not." (Presidential photo by Robinson Ninal) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday expressed concerns over the new B.1.640.2 lineage or the IHU Covid-19 variant, saying it will enter the country "whether we like it or not." "Meanwhile, another variant has also been reported in the so-called IHU variant which was first detected in France last November. Dadating rin ito (It will enter the country). Whether we like it or not, dadating 'to (it will come)," Duterte said during his Talk to the People. Experts say the IHU variant, which was first detected in France, has 46 mutations. "We will just