
COA flags DOTr, LTO over idle assets in 2024 audit
The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in its 2024 audit report for unutilized and idle government assets, particularly…
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The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in its 2024 audit report for unutilized and idle government assets, particularly…
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The Commission on Audit has flagged the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) for P3.1 billion in public funds spent without complete documentary…
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BAGUIO CITY — As 2025 draws to a close, the news landscape of the Cordillera Administrative Region stands as a testament to a year of transition, defined by…
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By and large, the ICI failed the litmus test of unquestionable independence and abandoned the guiding tenets of transparency and accountability.
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‘A complex set of weather systems involving the interaction of multiple cyclonic systems and an intensified monsoon under La Niña conditions created a…
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A major indicator of lack of investor confidence is the drop of investor visits to the Philippines. ‘Where once two to three investors would visit the…
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BAGUIO CITY — An official autopsy has determined that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Maria Catalina Estama Cabral died…
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The Commission on Audit (CoA) has filed four new fraud audit reports involving more than P330 million in flood control projects in Bulacan that were supposed…
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Auto sales in November dipped to 37,352, or 6.7 percent lower than the 40,014 sold the previous month, as indicated in a report of industry groups Chamber of…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is once again under the microscope after the Commission on Audit (CoA) flagged thousands of questionable beneficiaries and…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) was flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) in its 2024 audit report for granting Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA)…
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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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Officials of the Social Security System (SSS) addressed several “misconceptions” about the agency amid heightened public scrutiny following the release of the…
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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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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 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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