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In less than a minute, the House of Representatives on Monday ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB),…
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In less than a minute, the House of Representatives on Monday ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB),…
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The Senate on Monday ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the P6.793-trillion 2026 national budget, just hours after the House gave its…
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Rep. Zaldy Co, who headed the House of Representatives’ Bicam panel in 2024 for the 2025 budget, alleged that Marcos and his cousin, former Speaker Martin…
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Watch the restraint travel upward. If discretion is now fashionable, then let DPWH wear it, too.
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‘All of the easing moves by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, which started late last year up to now, could only do so much.’
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The number of construction projects covered by approved building permits reached 12,705 in October 2025 — a 22.6 percent drop from 16,405 in the same month…
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Year-on-year, the deficit widened by 7.38 percent from P1.18 trillion in November 2024. The Treasury attributed the expansion mainly to higher government…
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Congress has extended its legislative calendar to 30 December to allow more time for the ratification of the P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026, as…
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The Bicameral Conference Committee (Bicam) wrapped up its marathon deliberations on the proposed P6.7-trillion 2026 national budget, easing concerns over a…
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We already had transparency. FoI. Seals. PDFs. Nobody read them because they were boring and useless. So now the genius move is to upload the same nonsense…
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‘The faster and continued single-digit year-on-year growth in OFW remittances is a bright spot for the overall economy as an important growth driver,…
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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 Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered its economic growth forecast for the Philippines.
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Are Congress and the Executive branch repeating the mistakes in the 2025 national budget, billed as the most corrupt budget ever, Nosy Tarsee wanted to ask his…
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The world body estimates that 240 million people in conflict zones, suffering from epidemics, or victims of natural disasters and climate change are in need of…
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The value of bitcoin has fallen sharply since reaching record heights last month, briefly falling below $90,000 on Tuesday compared with above $126,000 at the…
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World stock markets gave a mixed picture, with sentiment underpinned by hopes for sustained US central bank rate cuts, but nagging inflationary worries…
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Minutes from the Fed’s most recent meeting showed many officials expect a further uptick in underlying goods inflation as President Donald Trump’s tariffs bite.
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