Budget deficit widens despite strong tax collections
The national government’s budget deficit widened to P198.5 billion in May, up 36.7 percent from P145.2 billion a year earlier, as lower non-tax revenues offset…
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The national government’s budget deficit widened to P198.5 billion in May, up 36.7 percent from P145.2 billion a year earlier, as lower non-tax revenues offset…
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Filipinos can now monitor the actual disbursement of funds for government projects after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Friday launched the…
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The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has denied Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s bid to merge his graft and plunder cases involving the alleged receipt of P573 million from…
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The Bicameral Conference Committee amended the budget bill and left blanks in its report, thereby offering what amounted to a blank check for pork barrel…
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The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division decided to junk the motion of Senator Jinggoy Estrada to consolidate his separate cases of graft and plunder concerning his…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Monday that the country’s Unified 911 Emergency Hotline has achieved a 97.23 percent efficiency…
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A changed man now, John Estrada acknowledged having gone through a phase where he committed his own follies and infidelities.
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Applied to public budgeting, blockchain can create a continuous and verifiable record of how public funds move from appropriation to expenditure.
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Among the issues the SC is asked to resolve is the nature of Unprogrammed Appropriations and how far Congress and the executive can stretch it.
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is implementing cost-cutting measures to reduce the projected P191-million budget for an upcoming special election in the…
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Here are some practical ways to complete your school lists.
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As for absent senators, their votes are automatically counted as abstentions, according to Azcuna.
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Without congressional authorization on the funds, even fully disbursed foreign loans sit inert.e
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After the SC struck down the Priority Development Assistance Fund in 2013, the crooks in government became innovative. They devised ways for discretionary…
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The battle for control of the Senate is far from over as a tug-of-war erupted yesterday, with the bloc of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano bringing the Senate…
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The Sandiganbayan Second Division ordered for the preventive suspension of Senator Jinggoy Estrada over his case of graft linked to the multibillion peso flood…
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The House prosecution panel will file a motion with the Senate impeachment court to disqualify Senator Jinggoy Estrada from participating in Vice President…
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