Budget surplus of national gov’t climbed 13 times to P66.8b in April
The national government posted a budget surplus of P66.8 billion in April, or more than 13 times the P4.9 billion ...
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’Gov’t to study EO on devolved local functions’
The national government is studying "very seriously" Executive Order No. 138, considering the existing technical capabilities of local government units ...
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Solon hails House passage of right-of-way measure
A Pampanga lawmaker on Tuesday cited the passage by the House of Representatives thanked the leadership of the House of ...
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Marcos invites LGUs to team up with nat’l govt
Highlighting the importance of cooperation between the national and local government units (LGUs), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. invited Wednesday the ...
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Next tourism chief seeks LGU participation
Incoming Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco underscored the importance of national and local government cooperation to stimulate the growth and recovery ...
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Locked down, locked up, luckless and lucky
"Who says you can’t transform a deadly health crisis into an opportunity to amass untold wealth?" In the ...
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Recto urges COA to go on ‘hiring binge’
Four in 10 personnel positions – or a total of 5,826 – in the Commission on Audit (COA) are vacant, ...
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Government debt climbed to P11.17 trillion as of June
The outstanding debt of the national government increased by 0.9 percent or P94.91 billion to P11.166 trillion as of end-June ...
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My take on the Sona
"Perhaps we need a new approach." For the past five years, we have seen how the national ...
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Monetary Board OKs $2.8B in public sector foreign borrowings
The Monetary Board, the policy-making body of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, has approved $2.8 billion in public sector foreign borrowings ...
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