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Diokno sees unified ID system in 2018

THE unified system of citizen identification for the country or the National Identification System will be implemented within this year once the measure has...

Build, Build, Build

BUILD, BUILD, BUILD. Public Works Secretary Mark Villar (second from left), Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno and Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano...

‘Hasten spending on agri’

GOVERNMENT underspending was highest in the  Agriculture and Education Departments, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Wednesday but added he remained confident they would hit...

DBM assures hike in cops, soldiers’ pay

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday assured that President Rodrigo Duterte will be making good of his promise of doubling the base pay of...

Govt readies ‘patriotic’ bond sale

The government will issue the so-called “patriotic bonds” in January next year to raise funds for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of war-torn Marawi City...

No tuition funding

The free tuition law in state-run universities is one noble deed from both houses of Congress that deserves credit. But it is too early...

Caloocan stops

Caloocan City Mayor Oscar Malapitan poses with the different department heads of the city government after the marking and unveiling of one of the...

NAIAX opens

San Miguel Corp. president Ramon Ang, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, and Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade flash their fists during...

BI workers belie claim on ‘exodus’

RANK and file employees of the Bureau of Immigration on Friday accused Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno of misinforming the public about their unpaid overtime,...

Airport hostage-taking

I don’t know how such a simple scam could have been perpetrated for decades right under our noses. But the racket that allows the...

Overtime pay for BI illegal, says Budget

BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno has turned down a proposal from Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to temporarily allow the use of funds collected from...

Obey the law

THE resignation of more than 30 immigration personnel because of unpaid overtime is causing long lines at the immigration counters of the Ninoy Aquino...

ROTC revived

(From left) Neda Director General Ernesto Pernia, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno and Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno in a huddle on the sidelines of the...

Promises to keep

WAS Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno being pragmatic or cynical when he urged the public last week to differentiate between President Rodrigo Duterte and candidate...
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