
Legarda secures Senate approval for cultural agencies funding
Senator Loren Legarda, vice chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, secured committee endorsement for the 2026 budgets of the country’s cultural…
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Senator Loren Legarda, vice chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, secured committee endorsement for the 2026 budgets of the country’s cultural…
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A potential reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cut before the end of 2025 is not entirely off the table, according to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor…
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The Senate approved the proposed 2026 budgets for both the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Judiciary Department on Wednesday, moves that advance funding…
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Tuesday that the protest by the United People’s Initiative (UPI) may be foreign funded.
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The bill would restore funding for the SNAP food stamp program which helps more than 42 million lower-income Americans pay for groceries.
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‘This replenishment of the QRF for the DSWD will ensure that our affected kababayan continue to receive needed financial aid, relief goods, and livelihood aid…
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The budget will lead to the creation of 172 contractual positions for the ICI.
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The realignment raised the total allocation for these two programs in the House-approved bill to P86.4 billion.
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The Department of Education (DepEd) is calling for the fulfillment of the constitutional mandate to keep education the highest budgetary priority, arguing that…
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) clarified Tuesday that additional funding for government agencies’ disaster efforts comes from dedicated sources,…
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Analysts and traders expect the bank to plough ahead with a quarter percentage-point cut, lowering its key lending rate to between 3.75 percent and 4.00…
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PARIS (AFP) — France’s interior minister on Wednesday confirmed former President Nicolas Sarkozy would be protected by two security officers while serving jail…
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As it celebrates its 30th anniversary, Security Bank Capital, the investment banking arm of Security Bank Corporation, is reaffirming its commitment to…
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Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday raised concerns over a proposed P6.3-billion budget cut for the government’s emergency employment program, Tulong…
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The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) fully awarded all bids for Treasury bills (T-bills) in Monday’s auction, raising the full program amount of P25 billion amid…
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‘It’s important that while we’re providing support to the labor market, that we continue to lean against any potential persistence in inflation, whether that…
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The proposal comes after Gatchalian flagged P10.3 billion worth of allegedly overpriced farm-to-market road projects during the Department of Agriculture’s…
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Local shares are expected to trade cautiously next week as investors monitor global interest rate signals and weak trading volume, online brokerage 2TradeAsia…
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