ADVERTISEMENT‘Gold standard’The “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program, on the other hand, aims to raise infrastructure projects to a “gold standard” to “pressure” the next President to do better, Andanar said in a radio interview. Pogo effect on prices, jobsSen. Joel Villanueva said he was looking forward to hearing Mr. Duterte’s next directives to protect the interests of Filipino workers. Villanueva also expects Mr. Duterte to tackle other issues concerning the labor sector, such as the influx of illegal foreign workers and the Philippine offshore gaming operations (Pogo) sector, which have affected real estate prices and the local job market. Mr. Duterte’s fourth Sona may only take 45 to 50 minutes to deliver if he sticks to his prepared speech, Andanar said. He said Mr. Duterte makes ad libs so it might take longer, the communications secretary said in a radio interview.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 19, 2019 21:56 UTC