Thread by @AlfredoGenom

PRRD MID-YEAR REPORT 2021: A THREAD
This thread will highlight some of the major accomplishments and interventions done by the government amid the continued threat posed by COVID-19. 🇵🇭👊

[ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]
✅Unemployment decreased from 8.7% in April 2021 to 7.7% in May
✅Underemployment fell to 12.3% in May 2021, the lowest since 1987
✅Labor force participation increased to 64.6% in May from 63.2% in April 2021
✅1.5-M jobs created between April-May 2021

✅Govt continues to implement economic recovery package that amount to PHP2.7-T
✅Debt levels remain manageable:
- Interest payments (IP) to revenue ratio at 13.3% in 2020 (compared to 36.9% in 2004)
- IP to expenditure ratio improve to 9% in 2020

- Weighted ave interest rate of PH domestic/foreign borrowings down to 4.2% in 2020 (from 5.5% in 2013)
- PH has lowest external debt to GDP ratio among ASEAN-5
✅PH maintains BBB+ credit rating (S&P/R&I) and BBB rating (Fitch) amid a wave of negative rating worldwide

✅Ease of Doing Business, CREATE, and FIST Act passed as major economic reforms
✅Kalayaan Bridge opened on June
✅First 18-km of CLLEX inaugurated on July
✅First 4 phases of Puerto Princesa Cruise Port inaugurated on March
✅Main trunk line of Skyway 3 inaugurated on January

✅Common Station to be partially operational by Q4 2021
✅North-South Commuter Railway to be completed in Q2 2024
✅Operations of EDSA Busway began on July 2020
✅214 airport projects done as of June 2021
✅447 seaport projects done as of June 2021

[SOCIAL WELFARE]
✅DBM released PHP665.72-B for COVID response under Bayanihan Laws
✅273 PCR laboratories established as of July 2021
✅16.14-M COVID tests conducted
✅119,246 contact tracers organized
✅5.6-M people registered with StaySafe

✅COVID dedicated beds increased from 2,890 on March 2020 to 34,985 on July 18, 2021
✅9,392 local treatment facilities, 22 national treatment facilities established with 135,452 total bed capacity
✅16,426,267 COVID doses administered as of Jul 22, 2021

✅10.8-M Filipinos (15.52% of pop.) have received their first dose and 5.56-M (7.94% of pop.) are now fully vaccinated vs. COVID-19 as of Jul 22, 2021
✅DepED released P3.7-B of its MOOE for local divisions and public schools
✅DepED Commons recorded 9.6-M unique users

✅DepEd TV able to produce 130 video lectures weekly that cover major subjects from Kinder to G10.
✅DepED managed to provide food products/milk to over 3.5-M learners under its school-based feeding program for AY2020-2021.
✅National Academy of Sports established

✅24 HEIs nationwide allowed to hold limited face-to-face classes for second semester of AY2020-2021.
✅PAG-IBIG reports PHP20.94-B in home loan releases as of 2021
✅NHA reports accomplishment rates of 302% for Yolanda housing and 68% for former rebel shelters

✅NHA also had 253% growth in housing completions for informal settlers, as well as a 94% growth for housing programs for govt employees.
✅DHSUD grants PHP30-M to Batangas LGU to assist families affected by the 2020 Taal eruption

✅4,388 temporary shelters and 528 permanent housing completed by TF Bangon Marawi
✅402,666 repatriated OFWs facilitated by DFA as of Jun 6, 2021
✅728,232 OFWs served by DOTR's One Stop Shop for returning OFs as of Jun 14, 2021
✅27.9-M total ridership in free ride for APORs

✅DOLE-CAMP has approved 503,616 applications, of which 354,748 workers have received their payment amounting to P1.77-B
✅DOLE has extended a total of $1.93-M in cash aid to 9,667 OFW COVID patients. Another $2.6-M in medical aid has been extended to 124,945 OFWs under AKAP

✅335 dumpsites ordered closed by the DENR
✅P22.88-B distributed to 22.9-M beneficiaries in NCR Plus areas under SAP.
✅P8.6-M in financial aid under DOT-DOLE support received by 1,726 beneficiaries
✅P3.1-B disbursed to 484,280 beneficiaries under Emergency Subsidy Program

[GOOD GOVERNANCE]
✅#RealNumbersPH of drug war as of May 31 2021:
-PHP59.93-B drugs seized
-807 dismantled drug dens and labs
-22,093 brgys drug-cleared
✅Continuous downtrend of crime volume, and rise in crime clearance/solution efficiency:

✅PHP541-M ECLIP aid provided to 7,244 former rebels
✅1,187,351 individuals noted by DILG to have violated quarantine rules
✅The PH is one of only four countries that demonstrated adequate accountability in COVID fiscal policy, according to International Budget Partnership

✅A total of 480 complaints vs. brgy officials regarding SAP anomalies, with cases vs 97 brgy heads filed to the Ombudsman
✅Green lane established for local COVID vaccine makers
✅PH ranked 95th out of 190 economies (improvement of 29 notches) in WB 2020 Doing Business Report

✅The PH recorded a 741.34% increase in fixed-line broadband speed and a 341.40% increase in mobile broadband speed from 2016.
✅4,305 sites in 2020 alone activated by DICT under Free Wifi Program; 10,311 Free Wifi sites established as of July 1, 2021

Indeed, the national government has not wavered in its commitment to alleviate the plight of its people towards a COVID-free future. 🇵🇭👊 #DuterteLegacy

Download the full report here: bit.ly/2V5ipSi