Kill UA, end pork
Advocates of zero UA suggest that instead of standby allocations, the government can propose a supplemental budget if it needs additional funds.
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Advocates of zero UA suggest that instead of standby allocations, the government can propose a supplemental budget if it needs additional funds.
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The Department of Energy (DoE) is preparing to auction off 335 megawatts (MW) of waste-to-energy (WTE) capacity to convert the country’s growing urban waste…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said the figure was 7.5 percent lower than the $1.4 billion posted a year earlier. However, it said that long-term foreign…
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The Senate subcommittee on finance will scrutinize the Presidential Communications Office’s (PCO) request to increase its proposed P2.8-billion budget for 2026…
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If these items are truly part of the budget priorities, then they should be included in the programmed appropriations of their respective department’s budgets.
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He renewed his call to increase funding for sports, noting that the PSC continues to receive a disproportionately small share of the national budget despite…
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Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, vice chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense, reaffirmed his strong backing for the Department of National…
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Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Tuesday said the Senate is aiming for a “zero sum” approach to the 2026 national budget. In practical terms, this means…
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Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go reaffirmed his support for the Department of Health’s (DoH) proposed 2026 budget but emphasized that approval must come with…
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Of the 10 in-house lawyers, four are women assigned to handle sensitive cases involving distressed female workers.
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‘This figure accounts mainly for direct costs and hence is a conservative estimate relative to the decrease, including hard-to-estimate indirect costs.’
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Amid these shifts by major economies, the Philippines reiterated its commitment to science- and evidence-based, transformative climate solutions.
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In its Asian Development Outlook September 2025 report, the multilateral lender said tariff front-running boosted exports earlier this year, but global trade…
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Nosy Tarsee overheard House leaders lambasting the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) over the agency’s alleged failure to vet hundreds of billions of…
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US forces carried out a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat off the coast of Venezuela on Friday, killing four people,…
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The United States Senate has issued its strongest signal of support yet for the Philippines amid its maritime conflict with China, reaffirming through a…
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The ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) outlined a regional plan to modernize and strengthen agricultural cooperation, with a focus on…
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