PH Economic Manager sees a dip in inflation to 2.5% for September

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00:00Good afternoon on a Tuesday without tacos to munch on, but instead a piece of positive

00:10news you could sink your teeth into.

00:13While it has been the bane of many a country's economic ruin coming out of the pandemic,

00:19the Marcos Jr.'s administration has managed to navigate the financial straits as a tad

00:24or a lot better than most of its allies in the region.

00:28In today's Presidential Communications Office Presser, one of the president's top technocrat

00:33or economic managers waxed optimistic today on the government's management of inflation,

00:40saying the 4.4 percent inflation in July, then 3.3 percent last month, could still drop

00:47as low as 2.5 percent for the month of September.

00:51And though he added the inflation rate would pick up in the last quarter of this year as

00:55a result of increased consumer spending and higher prices on seasonal products, the full

01:01year's inflation would still average at 3.4 percent, thereabouts.

01:05With the president, insofar as inflation is concerned, and the good news is that inflation

01:12is on a downward trend.

01:15Last year inflation was about 6.1 percent, today we're roughly at 3.3 percent.

01:20We expect inflation to go down to 2.5 percent by September.

01:24And most importantly, I think we have enough rice and ham for Christmas.

01:32Less than 120 days are left in his time as the leader of the free world and most powerful

01:37man on the planet.

01:39In less than two weeks, the first year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel that left 1,200

01:45Jews and foreign nationals dead will be up.

01:48Tomorrow, POTUS Joe Biden will address United Nations General Assembly for the last time.

01:54The speech will focus on the top agenda of U.S. foreign policy, a ceasefire to the Gaza

02:00war and releasing all the remaining hostages from Hamas captivity, and keeping Ukraine

02:06in the fight against Russia in their ongoing war.

02:09And though Biden will receive a warm welcome and applause in his valedictory address for

02:14rebuilding alliances that scarred in the time of his predecessor, there can be no celebrating

02:20on his Gaza policy that has completely fallen short of its objectives, and even on the Ukraine,

02:26which continues to struggle to keep its resistance against Russia moving forward for not getting

02:32the weapons it needs on time.

02:34Then again, outgoing POTUS Joe Biden has more to celebrate for achievements in his foreign

02:39policy than the misses or failures.

02:43And worse, world leaders and or their representatives in tomorrow's UN assembly are on edge on

02:50another Trump presidency that could scuttle all the best laid plans and programs established

02:56between the United States and its partners and allies.

03:01And news media in Afghanistan are among the least free on the planet.

03:05Still, media students are keen to learn more about the trade amid Taliban restrictions.

03:11The UAE's Afghan service narrates the story.

03:14In this classroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, a new generation of journalists is learning

03:19about media.

03:21But students at the Uaisal Education Center are starting their careers at a difficult

03:25time for the industry.

03:27They say restrictions by the country's Taliban government make it difficult for them to pursue

03:31their passion, a career in journalism.

03:34They also want experience working at the country's remaining newsrooms.

03:40There are restrictions on media.

03:41We want these restrictions to be removed.

03:43Second, we request media organizations to provide us with the opportunity to work to

03:48become familiar with working in studios.

03:52Othmanzai and his fellow students are starting out in journalism under dire conditions.

03:57Since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, media have worked under increasing censorship

04:03and economic hardships.

04:05Amidst a vibrant media scene, Afghanistan is now the third worst country for press freedom,

04:11ranking below North Korea and Iran, according to media watchdog Reporters Without Borders.

04:17Still, teachers at Uaisal Education Center say that their students are still passionate

04:23about journalism.

04:26They hope they will be able to work one day in the media.

04:28The restrictions and problems will not be there forever.

04:32Uaisal Center may have students, but none are women.

04:35The Taliban banned women from education after primary school level, and dozens of female

04:40journalists can no longer work in media.

04:43Those who do must appear fully covered on screen.

04:46Rahima Naimi is a former lecturer of journalism at Rana University in Kabul.

04:51She says journalism was a popular field of study before the Taliban's return.

04:58There were many women in higher education, particularly in journalism.

05:02There were many students dreaming of graduating and taking part in the field.

05:06Women in Afghanistan still take online classes in journalism that Naimi and some organizations

05:11offer from outside Afghanistan's borders.

05:14But even with the training, fewer jobs remain.

05:17Dozens of media outlets have shuttered since the takeover.

05:22Unfortunately, media outlets can't create jobs anymore because of economic problems.

05:27Media personnel have decreased.

05:29The solution is that the international community should help the media financially so they

05:33can employ these educated and passionate youth.

05:36While the country's media grapples with a tough environment, the next generation of

05:41journalists is learning the skills they need in the hope that restrictions will ease.

05:47For VOA Afghan Service, Bejan Hamdard, VOA News.

05:54And that's a wrap for today.

05:55Join us again later tonight for our Evening Edition News Break.

05:59Please stay connected by catching the news right here.

06:02I'm William Theo and thank you for watching PTV News Now.

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