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Rice Vanguards eye quick North semifinals passage

DEFENDING champion Nueva Ecija tries to finish off Pasay in Game 2 of the 2023 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) quarterfinals today at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.

Riding on a thrilling 85-81 comeback win in Game 1 at the Nueva Ecija Coliseum, the Rice Vanguards troop into the battlefield at 6 p.m. with all the momentum on their side in an attempt to earn a quick passage to the North Division semifinals.

Sixth-seeded San Juan also eyes to close out No. 3 Makati at 8 p.m. after a stunning 94-85 win in Game 1.

The No. 2 seed Nueva Ecija will not have its Sixth Man home crowd this time around but the Bong Cuevas-owned squad is determined to still get the job done with no intention of allowing a rubber match against the gritty opposition.

“We need to adjust on defense and pressure them hard,” said Mr. Cabiltes.

“We need to finish this series in Game 2. It’s gonna be tough and physical but we’re gonna be ready for it.”

Chris Bitoon and Michael Mabulac have been tasked anew to spearhead the Rice Vanguards’ mission after anchoring their win in Game 1 from a 15-point deficit in the third quarter, with support from Byron Villarias and Renz Palma.

In front of the passionate Novo Ecijanos, the Rice Vanguards uncorked a scorching 30-5 rally in the second half to earn the gritty win that kickstarted their title retention bid in style.

Standing in Nueva Ecija’s way is the ever-tough Pasay, seeded seventh after the prelims, with  Dhon Reverente leading the charge following a near upset win in Game 1 before a late meltdown.

Meanwhile, No. 1 seed Bacoor got back on No. 8 Iloilo, 92-52, as No. 5 Quezon beat No. 4 Zamboanga, 65-58, to equalize the series and force deciding games in the South Division quarterfinals. — JB Ulanday

TNT Triple Giga vie for Season 3 Leg 1 honor as PBA 3×3 returns

AFTER a two-month break, it’s back to the PBA 3×3 half-court wars for multi-titled TNT and 10 equally determined opponents.

The Triple Giga, winners of four straight conference championships, look to sustain the charge as they vie for the Season 3 Leg 1 honors beginning today (Oct. 16) at the Ayala Malls Circuit in Makati.

TNT, however, won’t have reliable big man Lervin Flores, who was called up by the injury-hit Tropang Giga in 5-on-5, as well as top gun Almond Vosotros, who was listed as a reserve, for the opening leg.

Tasked to carry the fight for the Triple Giga are veterans Ping Exciminiano, Samboy de Leon and Gryann Mendoza, who will join forces this time with Matt Salem.

Seeded second in the conference-opener, TNT leads Pool B with Ken Bono-led San Miguel Beer, NorthPort and debuting guest team MCFA Solver providing early challenge.

Top-seed Cavitex, represented by the tested core of are Tonino Gonzaga, Jorey Napoles and Bong Galanza plus big man Marion Magat, headlines Pool A and dukes it out with Pioneer Elastoseal and Blackwater.

No. 3 Barangay Ginebra, parading a new-look squad composed of holdovers Ralph Salcedo and JJ Espanola in combo with newbies Nichole John Ubalde and Lean Vincent Martel, competes in Pool C against No. 4 Meralco, which retained its tested cast of Alfred Batino Joseph Sedurifa and Jeff Manday with JJ Manlangit, and darkhorses Terrafirma and Purefoods.

Games start at 10:30 a.m. with the teams racing for tickets to tomorrow’s quarterfinal stage. — Olmin Leyba

Outclassed Liberty

Disappointment was etched into just about every line of head coach Sandy Brondello’s face the aftermath of Game Two of the Women’s National Basketball Association Finals. It wasn’t simply that the Liberty lost anew; it was that they found themselves outclassed from opening tip. After having promised to play better following the beatdown they experienced in Game One, they instead got even worse. And by the time the final buzzer mercifully aborted the massacre, their weaknesses on both sides of the court weee laid bare for all to see.

In the post-match presser, Brondello grudgingly noted that the Aces had much to do with the outcome. That said, she refused to acknowledge that the Liberty do not have the tools to stand toe to toe with the defending champions. To be sure, she needs to stay confident moving forward, if for no other reason than because the series isn’t over yet. And having just steered the Liberty to their best regular season in history, she knows full well what they are capable of. The big question, of course, is whether they can make the requisite adjustments to at least keep pace with the overwhelming favorites. It’s one thing to parade the best-laid plans, and quite another to see these through.

Indeed, the Liberty need to not just be their best selves in attempting to be the first hopefuls in WNBA annals to claim the hardware after being down zero to two in the finals. They have to exceed all expectations, relying on their skills sets AND scrapping from the get-go. And in order not to be overwhelmed by the Sisyphean endeavor, they would do well to set their sights on prevailing a moment at a time. They should be after every loose ball, go for every rebound, run through every pick, defend every shot. Forget about the score; there can be no quit in them through every play.

In this regard, Brondello’s right. The Liberty cannot but lead their efforts with pride. They’re much better than what they have shown so far; their collective talent and roster depth make them the Aces’ equals on paper. As with all success stories, however, the eating is where the pudding is validated. And, so far, all they have done is prove the bitterness of their servings. Today, they have the opportunity to set things right. In front of a partisan crowd at Barclays Center, they should be primed to turn their fortunes around. If not, then they need look no farther than their own locker room to find their worst enemies.

 

Anthony L. Cuaycong has been writing Courtside since BusinessWorld introduced a Sports section in 1994. He is a consultant on strategic planning, operations and human resources management, corporate communications, and business development.

Philippines places Gaza under Alert Level 4; Filipinos told to come home

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By John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporter

THE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday placed Gaza under Alert Level 4, forcing Filipinos to evacuate and come home amid the worsening conflict between Israeli forces and Hamas militants.

The Philippine government has accounted for 131 Filipinos in Gaza, with at least 78 of them waiting near the Rafah Border Crossing and looking to cross into Egypt, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo Jose A. de Vega told BusinessWorld in a WhatsApp message on Sunday.

“All of the rest have left northern Gaza or Gaza City, which is expected to be the main site for hostilities,” he said. “The Philippine Government continues to work on the repatriation of our nationals and will provide updates on developments.”

Hamas militants backed by a barrage of rockets stormed from the blockaded Gaza Strip into nearby Israeli towns, killing dozens in a surprise attack on Oct. 7.

A stunned Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza, with its prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to inflict an “unprecedented price.”

“Mandatory does not mean that we will go to you and then drag you out,” Mr. De Vega separately told ABS-CBN News TeleRadyo in mixed English and Filipino. “But we are telling you to evacuate.”

“And if you are left behind then we can’t stop you, we cannot prevent it.”

At least three Filipinos have died in the crossfire, all of them caregivers. Three others were still missing.

On Wednesday, Philippine Ambassador to Israel Pedro R. Laylo, Jr. said at least two Filipinos died when Palestinian Islamists attacked at the weekend.

There was still no repatriation call for Filipinos in Israel, which was still under Alert Level 2, Mr. De Vega earlier said.

The Department of Migrant Workers last week said 313 Filipinos had marked themselves safe.

Deputy Chief of Mission of the Israeli Embassy to the Philippines Esty Buzgan told a virtual news briefing last week that there was no plan to lift the blockade in Gaza yet, citing concerns about more Hamas militants entering Israel.

About a third of the more than 30,000 Filipinos in Israel live in Tel Aviv, according to Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) chief Arnell A. Ignacio. 

A fifth live in the central district, 12% live in Israel’s third-largest city Haifa and 6.4% are from the northern district.

A tenth of the Filipinos live in the capital Jerusalem, while 5.3% live in the southern district, which is near Gaza.

Mr. Ignacio said 90% of Filipinos in Israel work as caregivers, 8% are permanent residents, 497 are student-interns and 19 are tourists.

Meanwhile, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) urged the Philippine government to speed up the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) caught in the war.

“We call on the government, spearheaded by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), DMW and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration to work triple time to operationalize a contingency plan with definitive timelines for the repatriation of our countrymen from Gaza and those in Israel who wish to return to the Philippines,” TUCP President and Party-list Rep. Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza said in a statement late Saturday.

“Safe passage and transportation are needed… should the conflict further escalate.”

Filipino hotel workers would still be deployed to Israel in the absence of a deployment ban, Migrant Workers officer-in-charge Hans Leo J. Cacdac said last week.

Mr. Cacdac told a news briefing on Thursday 22 OFWs in Israel were still awaiting approval for their repatriation, 19 of whom were caregivers and three hotel workers.

Marcos off to Saudi for ASEAN-Gulf summit

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By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter

PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is scheduled to fly to Saudi Arabia this week for a summit between Southeast Asian and Gulf leaders.

The palace announced his participation in the Oct. 18-20 summit in an advisory on Oct. 9.

In September, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Antonio Morales said the visit of Mr. Marcos to Saudi Arabia would “further strengthen the strong, friendly and vibrant relations that happily exist between our two countries.”

The first ministerial meetings between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Gulf Cooperation Council were convened in 2009 in Bahrain.

Aside from Saudi Arabia, Gulf countries consist of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

“As Riyadh now seeks to diversify the nature of its economic ties beyond oil exports, it will be crucial for Manila to leverage this shift by crafting new areas of cooperation in areas such as food, technology and health,” Don Mclain Gill, who teaches foreign relations at De La Salle University, said in a Facebook Messenger chat.

As Saudi Arabia seeks to broaden ties with countries to the East, the Philippines should leverage its position not just as a Southeast Asian country but also as part of the Indo-Pacific region, he said.

“This also comes at a time when the Philippines is in need of a proactive action plan to broaden the nature of its economic and political relations beyond the traditional framework amidst the exacerbating geopolitical conditions in the region,” he added.

There are about 1.7 million Filipinos in Saudi Arabia, which was the Philippines’ 16th largest trade partner last year.

“The President should explore multilateral and bilateral measures that can reduce the prices of our oil imports, such as advocating that the Gulf states reconsider their decision, as part of OPEC+, to limit oil production until the end of 2024,” said public investment analyst and InfraWatch PH convenor Terry L. Ridon.

Saudi Arabia first implemented a cut in oil output by a million barrels per day in July and has since extended it monthly until the end of the year.

In his meetings with Gulf countries, Mr. Marcos should promote the Philippines as an emerging investment destination and discuss how the government has “liberalized broad sections of the public service sector.”

The large number of Muslims in the Philippines has paved the way for deeper cooperation between it and Gulf countries, said Chester B. Cabalza, founder of Manila-based International Development and Security Cooperation.

“The Philippines has an active and strong Muslim population that creates synergy in maintaining stronger economic and political partnerships with the Arab and Gulf states in West Asia,” he said via Messenger chat.

“Our economic co-existence with the Gulf region is vital in Manila’s goal of achieving to become an upper middle-income economy under this administration,” he said. “Safeguarding our trade relations with Saudi Arabia and members of the Gulf region elevates our interest to maintain peace and order in the region.”

Environmental protection sought as solution to disaster risk

By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, Reporter

AN ASIA-PACIFIC regional conference on disaster risk management in the Philippines next year should push the country to adopt more environmental protection-based solutions including harnessing renewable energy, environmental groups said at the weekend. 

Gerry Arances, executive director of the Center for Energy, Ecology and Development (CEED), said the conference should look at the environmental impacts, not just the “metrics of economic planning targets” of projects such as the construction of gas and fossil fuel plants.

“Only when fossil fuel projects are officially identified as the biggest source of increasing disaster risk and halted for this reason can we say that the world has truly embraced a holistic disaster risk reduction and management strategy,” he said in a Viber message. 

“Disaster risk reduction and management resilience are mainly focused on infrastructure instead of reducing the root cause of violent weather phenomena’s increasing frequency and intensity,” he added.

The Philippines is set to host the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on Oct. 14 to 17, 2024. Asian delegates will share experiences and innovations to mitigate climate and disaster risks in the region.

“The conference will provide an important opportunity to review ongoing disaster risk reduction efforts, share innovative solutions and make new commitments to accelerate risk reduction in the world’s most disaster-prone region,” Mami Mizutori, special representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, said at a news briefing last week announcing the Manila conference. 

Convened by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the conference will refer to the midterm review of the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the regional level, Ms. Mizutori said.

The review has raised concerns about climate financing, as well as enhancing a more gender-inclusive and localized disaster risk response.

“The challenges we face are complex and they do not affect everyone equally,” Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said in a statement on Friday. “They require a convergence of efforts, synergies from across sectors so that we are able to respond to each of the different exposures and vulnerabilities.”

Nationwide private sector partnership entails on-the-ground visibility to help raise awareness on disaster preventive measures, according to Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) President George T. Barcelon.

“The private sector especially organizations like the PCCI have a broad range throughout the country so we have more ground visibility,” he told BusinessWorld on the sidelines of the briefing. “What are the areas that are prone to disaster?” he asked, adding that the government needs preventive action.

Solutions like harnessing clean and renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal and hydropower, as well minimizing single-use plastics to manage pollution should be discussed in the conference, Gregg Yan, founder and executive director of environmental group Best Alternatives, said.

Mr. Yan also said the illegal wildlife trade in Asia needs urgent discussion. “For decades, it has been depleting Asia’s endangered animals including pangolins, sea turtles and tigers,” he said in an e-mail. “Stronger intergovernmental cooperation to stamp out this silent trade is needed to save our region’s wildlife from forever disappearing from our forests, rivers and seas.”

“If we cannot achieve the 1.5°C goal, we predict that by 2030, the number of disasters will advance,” Ms. Mizutori told last week’s briefing, referring to the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C by cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 43% by 2030.

“The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration forecast would show the number of typhoons will not increase but will intensify,” Science and Technology Secretary Renato U. Solidum, Jr. told the same briefing.

Climate change could cut the Philippines’ economic output by 13.6% by 2040, the World Bank said in a report last year.

DICT launches investigation into House website hacking

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By Ashley Erika O. Jose, Reporter

THE DEPARTMENT of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Sunday that it is now investigating the cyberattack on the House of Representatives (HoR) website in the wake of recent incidents targeting government systems.

“We already are in coordination with the HoR regarding their cyber security incident and are now doing an extensive investigation on the matter,” DICT Assistant Secretary Renato A. Paraiso said in a Viber message to reporters on Sunday, hours after the HoR was defaced.

Uploaded on its website was an image of a trollface with the words, “You’ve been hacked, have a nice day,” written. “Happy April Fullz kahit October palang! Fix your website hacked by ~3musketeerz,” the caption read. [Happy April Fullz even if it’s just October! Fix your website hacked by ~3musketeerz.]

The caption was also placed on the House’s press releases and its committee hearing schedule on the website.

In a separate statement, House General Reginald S. Velasco said they have coordinated with the DICT, particularly its Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), and other law enforcement agencies to investigate the incident.

As of press time late Sunday, the DICT’s Mr. Paraiso said they were still determining the identity of the hackers, adding that they were not dismissing the possibility that the same group behind previous cyberattacks on several government agencies are responsible.

“As of now we’re still investigating to determine the perpetrators. Initially we can’t say if it’s connected but the timing is [suspicious],” he said without elaborating.

Last week, Mr. Paraiso said that upon their investigation, the DICT believes that a “local group” described as “somewhat amateurish” was behind the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data breach.

He said the local hacker was not as “sophisticated” as Medusa, the foreign group, behind the ransomware attack on Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) that compromised at least 600 gigabytes of data.

On the part of the House, Mr. Velasco said: “We are committed to ensure the security and integrity of our digital platforms, and we will implement additional measures to prevent such incidents in the future.”

The public was also advised to be suspicious of e-mails or messages that claim to be from the House.

Sunday’s incident is the latest handiwork of hackers, following recent cyberattacks on the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). — with Beatriz Marie D. Cruz

Transport strike downplayed

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A TOP Cabinet official expressed confidence on Sunday that public transportation will not be paralyzed by the threat of drivers and public utility vehicle operators to wage a strike on Monday and Tuesday.

Transport group Malayang Alyansa ng Bus Employees at Laborers (MANIBELA) will lead the nationwide transport strike to call for the suspension of the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program, which will replace diesel-powered traditional jeepneys with more environment-friendly vehicles.

However, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin C. Abalos assured the public that 95% of the country’s transport groups nationwide will still operate and ply their routes.

Still, Abalos said the government has prepositioned several vehicles at strategic areas to convey passengers who might be affected by the transport strike.

Meanwhile, at least nine schools, mostly in Metro Manila, have announced the suspension of face-to-face classes due to the transport strike.

Mr. Abalos said several governments, among them the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, the Land Transportation Office, the Department of Transportation, and the police will be monitoring the situation.

In a statement, MANIBELA insisted that the government should allow traditional jeepneys to operate beyond the Dec. 31 deadline set by the Land Transportation, Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

“MANIBELA transport group will lead a transport strike and protest in front of the LTFRB, DoTr and Malacañan Palace simultaneously to express our dismay to some officials of the LTFRB, especially to those involved in multi million pesos ‘lagayan scheme,’” it said. — Ashley Erika O. Jose

Intel funds questioned anew

HUMAN RIGHTS group Karapatan said on Sunday that secret funds taken away from government agencies should be used for social service programs and not security agencies that allegedly undermine privacy concerns of citizens.

“In the hands of the NSC (National Security Council), NICA (National Intelligence Coordinating Agency), and agencies working in line with the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), these confidential funds will only be used for killing, surveilling, threatening and endangering the lives and security of persons, resulting in more human rights violations,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said in a statement.

Last week, congressmen stripped several agencies including the Office of the Vice President (OVP) of their confidential funds, transferring P1.23 billion worth of these funds to security agencies amid tensions in the South China Sea dispute.The NICA and the NSC were among recipients of these funds — P300 million and P100 million, respectively.

Ms. Palabay claimed that the NICA and NSC cannot be trusted that its confidential funds will be used to protect national sovereignty. “They are more obsessed with leading the Marcos Jr. regime’s counter-insurgency program, raking in millions while promoting their made-up stories of surrenderees and rebel returnees, and with their criminal acts of abductions, unjust arrests and killings,” she said. — Beatriz Marie D. Cruz

Sulu beaches ready for tourism

COTABATO CITY — Former beachfront enclaves of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group in Sulu have been operating as tourist attractions in the past two years with hoping to draw more now that they have been dubbed as “peace villages” by local security officials.

The entire province of Sulu was declared “Abu Sayyaf-free” by the multi-sectoral Sulu Provincial Peace and Order Council last month, Army Lt. Gen. Steve D. Crespillo, head of the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said on Sunday.

“Their strongholds got transformed into ‘peace villages’ and those Abu Sayyaf members who had returned to mainstream society are the ones protecting these areas now from incursions by bad people,” Brig. Gen. Allan C. Nobleza, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, added.

Michael A. Macion, the regional coordinator for hospital management and concerns of the Bangsamoro Health Ministry, confirmed that during a recent tour of health facilities in Sulu, his team was toured to the beaches of Parang town, where the calm and peace were very much felt.

The Abu Sayyaf, founded in Basilan by the religious extremist Abduradjak Janjalani, once held bastions in most of the 18 towns in Sulu. But in the last six years, Mr. Crespillo said more than 400 Abu Sayyaf members have surrendered through the facilitation of local authorities.

A member of the 80-seat Bangsamoro regional parliament, the lawyer Hadji Nabil A. Tan, said the deployment about three years ago in Sulu of an Army battalion comprised of Tausug personnel proved critical in the weakening of the Abu Sayyaf in the province.

“They (Abu Sayyaf gunmen) avoided getting into actual combat with soldiers who speak our common vernacular and are warriors, too, who shall fight for pride and honor, for the Philippine flag,” Mr. Tan, who was born and raised in Sulu, said.

A Cotabato City-based orthopedic surgeon, Mr. Macion attested: “I and my companions were so impressed. Our hosts, health ministry employees in the province and chief of the Integrated Provincial Health Office there, Doctor Farah Tan-Omar, toured us around and we went to a very nice beach resort in Parang municipality and enjoyed a lot while we were there.

Mr. Nobleza said they are grateful to the Bangsamoro Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG) for its continuing capacity-building programs for LGUs in Sulu and other essential interventions being facilitated by the office of Regional Local Government Minister Naguib G. Sinarimbo.

At present, the MILG is constructing a P25-million reformatory center in Barangay Langhub in Patikul, Sulu that shall function as a livelihood skills learning and religious reorientation facility for violent religious extremists who have returned to the fold of law, particularly former members of the Abu Sayyaf. — John Felix M. Unson

Build power lines, gov’t urged

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A SENATOR has asked the government to speed up the development of transmission facilities for offshore wind projects, citing the need to boost the Philippine renewable energy (RE) sector.

“The country would be better positioned to attract renewable energy investments if transmission facilities are readily available for these RE facilities, particularly for offshore wind farms,” Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian said in a statement over the weekend.

Citing data from the Department of Energy (DoE), he said the government has awarded 79 offshore wind service contracts this year amounting to 61.91 gigawatts of installed capacity. The offshore wind contracts were for planned projects in Northern Luzon, Northern Mindoro and Southern Mindoro.

Mr. Gatchalian said pushing for more RE projects would help bring down the cost of energy compared to coal-fired and gas-powered power plants.

Earlier this month, the DoE said it is looking into upgrading ports that would service offshore wind projects with assistance from the Asian Development Bank.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. in April signed an executive order (EO) directing the Energy department to craft a framework that would expedite the rollout of offshore wind projects.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government is also tasked to submit to the DoE a list of permits required by all local government units to pursue these projects, according to a copy of the EO.

RE accounted for about 22% of the Philippines’ energy mix, with coal-fired power plants providing nearly 60% as of the end of 2022.

Based on the Philippine Energy Plan 2020 to 2040, the government seeks to raise the contribution to the power mix to 35% by 2030 and to 50% by 2040.

Last year, Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla signed a circular allowing full foreign ownership of RE projects, from the previous cap of 40%.

“There would be no point in removing limitations on foreign ownership if the country’s national grid does not have the transmission facilities that would absorb additional energy output coming from these RE facilities,” Mr. Gatchalian said. — John Victor D. Ordoñez

EO boosts food stamp program

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has issued an executive order making his administration’s food stamp program a flagship project and tasking the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to implement its expansion.

Signed on Oct. 12, Executive Order (EO) No. 44 aims to address hunger experienced by low-income households by giving them monetary-based assistance through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards that can be used in purchasing select food items.

Under the order, the DSWD shall identify eligible beneficiaries and collaborate with relevant stakeholders, including local government units, to determine the appropriate staffing pattern and corresponding qualification standards for creating additional positions necessary for the program’s implementation.

The DSWD is tasked to create the EO’s implementing rules 30 days from its effectivity. Its implementation will be funded by DSWD’s appropriations and its partner agencies. — Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza

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