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Inflation has reared its ugly head, with 2026 estimates projected to be 6-7 percent, way above the government’s earlier target of 3-4 percent.
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Inflation has reared its ugly head, with 2026 estimates projected to be 6-7 percent, way above the government’s earlier target of 3-4 percent.
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The People’s Budget Coalition has raised concerns over the proposed 2027 national budget, flagging the growing debt burden, reduced allocations for key social…
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Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday challenged Malacañang to make public all travel authorities it issues to government officials and employees, along with…
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ABS-CBN Corp. has extended its financial lifelines as the once-dominant broadcaster continues efforts to repair its debt-laden balance sheet.
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As scrutiny of the proposed 2027 national budget officially began Monday, a lawmaker questioned the apparent exemption of the House of Representatives from…
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The money did not vanish. It reappeared under the Local Government Support Fund, in a line called financial assistance to local government units worth P34…
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More than a third of every peso collected from every Filipino taxpayer goes not to a classroom or a hospital but to a bondholder.
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An accountant climbed into Nosy Tarsee’s peaceful tree abode last week with a folder and a grudge.
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In a single decade, the confidential and intelligence funds of one office grew more than thirteenfold, without any corresponding national threat serious enough…
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Market insiders have told Nosy Tarsee about a big battle being waged in the corporate realm which isn’t about nostalgia for the old broadcast days but about…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday said it has stepped up real-time monitoring of government-funded local projects to…
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Nosy Tarsee learned from regulator sources that a certain red-and-yellow courier, the one whose trucks and branches you’ll find in practically every barangay…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s shift in rhetoric during his 2026 State of the Nation Address (SoNA) may pose challenges to his administration’s fiscal…
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The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines criticized the Philippines’ record-high national government debt of P19.07 trillion, saying teachers and…
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The national government's outstanding debt climbed to a record P19.07 trillion as of end-June, up P518.98 billion, or 2.8 percent, from P18.55 trillion a month…
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Since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assumed office in July 2022, the country’s external debt has ballooned by nearly a third, rising by more than $36 billion…
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A certain solon somewhere in Metro Manila is reportedly charging the salaries of some staff members and consultants to a local government unit (LGU).
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In the glittering world of Philippine officialdom, where loyalty to the flag is expected of those serving the public, whispers continue to circulate about the…
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