
House warns MAIFIP cuts could hurt 1M
The House of Representatives’ contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee warned Tuesday that one million beneficiaries of the Medical Assistance for…
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The House of Representatives’ contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee warned Tuesday that one million beneficiaries of the Medical Assistance for…
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‘We want the DPWH to come back to the table and give the proper computation. He (Dizon) said there are 10,000 projects. They should count them and tell us the…
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Cash remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) reached $3.17 billion in October 2025, slightly up from September’s $3.12 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng…
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The 2024 figures not only reinforce Cebu’s lead, but also highlight the growing gap between highly urbanized provinces and those with more limited resources.
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The external debt — or the obligations owed by Philippine residents to non-residents — grew by 6.8 percent year-on-year, reaching $149.09 billion as of…
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External debt — obligations owed by Philippine residents to non-residents — grew by 6.8 percent year-on-year, reaching $149.09 billion as of end-September…
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The bicameral conference committee’s deliberations were postponed as the Senate and the House of Representatives worked to resolve issues related to the…
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The third day of the bicameral conference committee was suspended on Monday, 15 December 2025, due to a deadlock over the proposed 2026 budget of the…
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The bicameral conference committee on the 2026 national budget has approved proposals pushed by Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan to expand the Department of…
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Shell Lubricants has again been named the world’s biggest seller of finished lubricants, holding the top spot for the 19th straight year, based on the latest…
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The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction with how lawmakers handled discussions on the proposed P6.7-trillion national budget…
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The sharp year-on-year drop, from $3.68 billion surplus in Q3 2024 to only $273 million in this year’s Q3 — while still showing net inflows, suggests…
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The House of Representatives is lobbying for a P1 billion allocation to be earmarked for the University of the Philippines’ Project NOAH, which is believed to…
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House Committee on Appropriations Vice Chair and Surigao del Sur 1st District Representative Romeo Momo Sr. has resigned from the House of…
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Senators on Saturday, 13 December, assured that the bicameral conference committee will be open to scrutiny.
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Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto maintained there will be no more insertions in the P6.793 trillion proposed national budget during the bicameral…
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‘We are constrained to move the Bicam to Saturday because the technical staff of both the House and the Senate requested one more day to craft the details of…
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Across the 2023, 2024, 2025 budgets, cuts in the NEP totaled P1.5 trillion, which were reallocated elsewhere.
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