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Nayong Filipino Foundation hit on controversial casino

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Tuesday said the Nayong Filipino Foundation Inc. should be held responsible and accountable on the controversial casino theme park...

Budget chief toys with idea of extra outlay for 2019

The Palace is open to submitting a supplemental budget to offset budget cuts for several government agencies in the 2019 spending plan, as long...

DoF studying 5% tariff on agri products

The Finance Department is carefully studying the proposal to reduce the tariff on imported agricultural products to 5 percent. “That was a suggestion. We are...

Government workers to get mid-year bonus by May 15 –Budget

Government workers will receive their 2018 mid-year bonus equivalent to one-month basic salary starting May 15, the Department of Budget and Management announced on...

Budget chief names exec fired for graft

BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Friday confirmed that President Rodrigo Duterte sacked the department’s undersecretary for Legal and Liaison Group Gertrudo de Leon but...

BIR reorganization rejected

The Budget Department rejected the proposed reorganization of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, saying the plan could affect some functions of the tax collection...

P51b set in 1st year of free tuition law

Around P51 billion will be needed to implement President Rodrigo Duterte’s Free Tuition Law within its first year of implementation, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno...

To give or not to give

First, we were told that Secretary Benjamin Diokno and others of similar persuasion were earnestly imploring the President to withhold his assent to the...

PH credit rating upgrade not likely

Foreign credit rating analysts are among the most sensitive people in the world and they revise their ratings of individual-country creditworthiness only after the...

P3.7-t ‘pro-poor budget’ sent to Congress

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Monday submitted to Congress the administration’s proposed 2018 national budget—the earliest submission of a spending plan since the Ramos administration. In...

‘Govt won’t repeat Marcos’ mistake’

Following the Duterte administration’s aim to embark on an ambitious “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno allayed concerns over the country’s...

P3.76-trillion budget for ’18 up at Sona

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will submit the proposed P3.767-trillion national budget for 2018 to Congress on July 24, the day he delivers his second State...

Gov’t sets multi-year Marawi rehab plan

THE government is ready to mobilize P5 billion for the rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi City, the Department of Budget and Management said Friday. “The rebuilding...

Pagcor kicks in P10b for Marawi

STATE gambling regulator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. will provide the P10 billion that will be used to rehabilitate war-torn Marawi City, Malacañang said...
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