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Secretaries lead Calax launching

Public Works Secretary Mark Villar, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno and Manny Pangilinan, chairman of Metro Pacific Corp. on Monday led...

No need for extra budget on Marawi

BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Wednesday there was no need for Congress to pass a P10-billion supplemental budget that would help rebuild war-torn Marawi...

With or without Gina, mining review pushed

THE Mining Industry Coordinating Council will spend P50 million to conduct an objective, fact-finding, and science-based review of the performance of existing mine operations. In...

P2.8t released for FY 2016 budget–Diokno

A TOTAL P2.807-trillion budget has been released or an equivalent of 93.5 percent of the appropriations for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016, Budget Secretary...

P2-b aid confuses Palace

PALACE officials on Monday took back President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise of P2 billion in assistance to victims of the magnitude-6.7 earthquake that rocked Surigao...

Digong asks govs’ help in drug war

A “calmer” President Rodrigo Duterte summoned governors to Malacañang on Thursday to appraise them on the proliferation of illegal drugs. “I just had a talk...

Economic team hit for SSS mess

BAYAN Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Sunday hit out at President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic managers for allegedly continuing the US-inspired neo-liberal policies of...

Rody fed wrong info on SSS pay

LEFTIST groups on Wednesday accused economic managers of President Rodrigo Duterte of misleading him into rejecting proposals to raise Social Security System pensions. The secretary...

Rody ‘can’t keep SSS promise’

BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno admitted Tuesday that some of the promises candidate Rodrigo Duterte made cannot be kept, now that he is President. Speaking at...

PH forking out P15.5b to host Asean summit

THE government will be allotting more than P15.5 billion to cover expenses for the country’s hosting of the 50th anniversary of the Association of...

Pension hike still up in air

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he was still studying whether to approve the proposals to increase the pension of SSS members beginning January 2017...

P3.35-t budget up for signature

THE P3.35-trillion 2017 national budget is now up for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature on December 22, with increased allocation for infrastructure development, free education...

No budget for pay hike

BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Tuesday ruled out any increase in the salaries of the military and other uniformed personnel by the end of...

No special budget for Charter Change

BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Monday said there is no special budget for Charter Change and emergency powers to solve traffic in Metro Manila...
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