BMI keeps 2025 Phl growth forecast at 5.4% amid U.S. tariffs
‘While interest rates have eased considerably from their peak, erratic US trade policies will weigh on global investor sentiment and limit foreign direct…
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‘While interest rates have eased considerably from their peak, erratic US trade policies will weigh on global investor sentiment and limit foreign direct…
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As a House member in the 19th Congress, Marcoleta recounted seeing 12 to 13 pages in the special provisions of the 400-page bicam report that contained 28…
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The parallel lies in the regions receiving large insertions, which are Bulacan and Sorsogon, and the areas flagged for anomalous projects that suggest a…
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A review of the flood projects made available through the sumbongsapangulo.ph website showed Bulacan as having the most significant allocations of projects to…
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‘The Philippines did not gain any headway in the reciprocal tariffs, because we were given just a single percentage discount — from 20 percent to 19 percent.’
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PAGASA said ‘Isang’ was packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center, and gustiness of up to 90 kph.
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The trail to the collusion of certain members of Congress and contractors, involving the slicing and dicing of pork barrel funds through substandard flood…
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This flood will never recede unless the thieves are named, charged, and punished — including the congressmen who helped rig the system.
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India’s diplomacy is being tested on multiple fronts as its leaders juggle high-stakes conversations with France, Russia, and the United States, all while…
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In all, Dolor came up with P39 billion set aside for his province that he was never informed about.
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The shoddy flood control projects, it turns out, are the racket of some members of Congress and the DPWH, with Bulacan the focal point for the pilferage of…
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The rotten system starts with the selection of the district or regional engineer of the DPWH. The Secretary of DPWH does not make the selection, but the…
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Outlawing the pork barrel in the yearly budget, however, resulted in the unlimited creation of discretionary funds hidden in budget insertions.
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For Marcos, AKAP is not merely a line item to strike out; it is a litmus test.
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The proposal to make the budget process transparent was contained in several previous bills that did not even reach the committee report level.
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