Duterte lauded for retaining PAO’s forensic lab budget
Public Attorney's Office chief Persida Acosta has lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for extending the utilization of PAO's maintenance and other ...
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The economic outlook
"Listen to our economic managers." Here is the joint statement of the economic managers on the country’s economic outlook: We, ...
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House approves P4.1-trillion budget
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading Friday night—seen by legislative observers as in record time—the proposed ...
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Two lawmakers feud over budget insertion bid
Rep. Edcel Lagman said Monday there was no withdrawal of the General Appropriations Bill and that the money measure will ...
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House seeks budget ceiling for 2020
House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has asked the Budget department to submit to the Oversight Committee the budget ceilings for ...
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Duterte seen enacting budget into law this week
Zambales Rep. Cherry Deloso-Montalla on Sunday said President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to sign into law the proposed 2019 P3.757-trillion national ...
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DBM a ‘super-bidding’ body
House Majority Leader and Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. on Wednesday accused Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno of turning his ...
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School, hospital fund cuts restored
THE House of Representatives has moved to restore the budget cuts made in the National Expenditure Program against State Colleges ...
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Duterte’s tax program
The Department of Finance of the Duterte administration has created a National Expenditure Program that seeks to embody the three ...
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