‘Floodgate’ fallout tempers Philippine business outlook
‘The lingering effects of the recent natural calamities, together with the negative impact of corruption allegations on investor and business sentiment,…
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‘The lingering effects of the recent natural calamities, together with the negative impact of corruption allegations on investor and business sentiment,…
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Cabral was implicated in the scandal primarily through the testimony of former DPWH Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo during a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee…
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Beyond the risk to their safety and health, the flood problem caused by the misuse of funds meant for its prevention may make children imbibe the wrong values.
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The Marcos Jr. administration has been placed in an ugly situation. To many people, the fault lies with the Secretary of Finance, who issued DoF Circular…
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in joining the Philippine financial sector’s push against government corruption, is quite unequivocal about its stand against…
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In the Marcos budgets, however, the UA mutated into a receptacle to allow the insertion of the pork barrel in the budget with guaranteed funding.
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The P60 billion in excess PhilHealth funds, recently ordered returned by the Supreme Court to the state insurer, were funneled to the contentious unprogrammed…
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has joined the growing list of institutions that have downgraded their Philippine economic forecasts in the wake of the…
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Health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon called for the full restoration of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) during the first day of the…
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The bicameral conference committee’s deliberations were postponed as the Senate and the House of Representatives worked to resolve issues related to the…
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The Philippine government is still on the hunt for former lawmaker Zaldy Co, who remains in hiding after being named a key figure in the controversial flood…
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Justice Hernando’s position is direct and uncompromising. Unprogrammed appropriations, he argues, are unconstitutional in any form.
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The sharp year-on-year drop, from $3.68 billion surplus in Q3 2024 to only $273 million in this year’s Q3 — while still showing net inflows, suggests…
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‘If it will come from the budget, the taxpayers will be reimbursing PhilHealth for the funds that were seized.’
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Senator Loren Legarda pushed for more funds for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. during the bicameral conference committee on the disagreeing provisions…
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The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) retrieved “a lot of documents” during a search of the condominium unit belonging to resigned congressman Zaldy Co in…
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