Budget deficit widens despite strong tax collections
The national government’s budget deficit widened to P198.5 billion in May, up 36.7 percent from P145.2 billion a year earlier, as lower non-tax revenues offset…
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The national government’s budget deficit widened to P198.5 billion in May, up 36.7 percent from P145.2 billion a year earlier, as lower non-tax revenues offset…
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Filipinos can now monitor the actual disbursement of funds for government projects after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Friday launched the…
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The Bicameral Conference Committee amended the budget bill and left blanks in its report, thereby offering what amounted to a blank check for pork barrel…
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The Philippines is turning to Danish fishing technology to help unlock new fishery resources, boost domestic fish supply, and strengthen food security through…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Monday that the country’s Unified 911 Emergency Hotline has achieved a 97.23 percent efficiency…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday launched a major irrigation project in Bohol aimed at protecting farmlands — particularly rice-producing areas — from…
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Applied to public budgeting, blockchain can create a continuous and verifiable record of how public funds move from appropriation to expenditure.
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Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered a comprehensive structural assessment of the PFDA-General Santos Fish Port…
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Education-related interventions must remain responsive to the realities faced by poor, vulnerable, and disaster-affected learners.
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Among the issues the SC is asked to resolve is the nature of Unprogrammed Appropriations and how far Congress and the executive can stretch it.
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is implementing cost-cutting measures to reduce the projected P191-million budget for an upcoming special election in the…
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Here are some practical ways to complete your school lists.
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Without congressional authorization on the funds, even fully disbursed foreign loans sit inert.e
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After the SC struck down the Priority Development Assistance Fund in 2013, the crooks in government became innovative. They devised ways for discretionary…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is escalating its response to the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI), directing the mass production of a naturally…
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Philippine agriculture is expected to gain relief from rising production and logistics costs after a breakthrough agreement between the United States and Iran…
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The Central Luzon State University (CLSU) and the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) have launched the Animal Vaccine Development…
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