AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoLuzon Economic Corridor: President Marcos urged investors to turn LEC commitments into funded, operational projects—measuring success by what gets built and put into service, not just meetings. BRICS diplomacy: Marcos is set to attend the BRICS summit in New Delhi (Sept. 12–13), as Manila looks to engage major economies and position BRICS as an alternative bloc. Education and inequality: Despite improved PISA results, teachers’ group ACT warned gains don’t reflect poverty’s impact; separate reporting also flagged the widening reading improvement gap between rich and poor students. Impeachment watch: Trillanes is expected to testify in VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, while prosecutors plan to present Duterte as a hostile witness. Local governance & services: Tuguegarao City received the ₱2M RES•Q Link emergency response app from SPUP with DOST support. Power reliability: Cebu electricity advocates renewed calls for a congressional probe into recurring outages, citing possible failures in generation and transmission. Health and welfare: A lawmaker urged DOH to stop doctors from inflating professional fees under the MAIFIP program. Business and jobs: Palace said unemployment can be addressed through faster ease-of-doing-business reforms to help hiring.
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