
Weight of corruption: Why Filipinos remain poor
Notes the World Bank: workers without secondary education are unable to find formal jobs; this reality persists because corruption diverts investment away from…
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Notes the World Bank: workers without secondary education are unable to find formal jobs; this reality persists because corruption diverts investment away from…
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The result is a common urban condition: infrastructure designed for yesterday attempting to accommodate the demands of today.
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Patients should ask questions. They should demand clarity. But there is a difference between trying to understand and deciding too quickly that something was…
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A former government official has reinvented herself as a fierce government critic — conveniently forgetting that she was once among its biggest beneficiaries.
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday announced the full activation of four new Unified 911 Satellite Command Centers in…
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Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Thursday said he was “pushed aside” during a confrontation at the Senate, rejecting claims that he…
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Amid various issues concerning the lack of transparency in government documents, the House of Representatives has voted to approve the Right to Information…
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Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano is facing separate complaints before the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges and the Office of the Ombudsman over…
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Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Wednesday apologized to members of the Senate who may have been offended by his conduct during the arrest of Senator…
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Japan will provide 356 million yen, or approximately P134 million, to fund post-graduate degrees for nearly two dozen young Philippine government officials,…
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Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) has waived transaction fees for select online government payments for the remainder of the year as part of efforts to…
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In times of institutional strain and political drama, the country cannot afford to have its anti-graft bodies perceived as mere pieces on a chessboard, or…
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Every heavy downpour that threatens to submerge the streets rekindles public rage over the substandard projects that President Ferdinand Marcos himself…
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The original construction cost was pegged at P8.9 billion, with completion expected by 2021, but it remains unfinished, and the cost has escalated to four…
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ILOILO CITY — Department of the Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jed Patrick Mabilog has apologized to Anilao Mayor Ma. Teresa…
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Government workers and pensioners facing rising living costs have begun receiving direct cash relief as the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) released…
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Nearly 7,000 Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) members and pensioners in Albay have received close to P100 million in refunded loan amortizations…
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GSIS has rolled out additional Ginhawa Service Hubs in major commercial centers across Metro Manila and nearby provinces, strengthening its physical service…
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