By Kris Crismundo/PNA
MANILA -- Economic managers will formally endorse to President Rodrigo R. Duterte next week the exemption of infrastructure projects from the election spending ban, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Wednesday.
During...
By Kris Crismundo/PNA
MANILA -- Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the Duterte administration has put a premium on social services as government spending for this sector peaked under the current leadership.
In a media...
By Kris Crismundo/PNA
MANILA -- Local markets closed sideways during midweek trading, the peso managing an upward bias while the local bourse showed a more downward bias.
The peso ended the day at 52.34...
By Lilybeth Ison/PNA
MANILA -- In order to allow the "tawilis" (Sardinella tawilis) to repoplulate, an international environmental group on Wednesday proposed a temporary fishing ban for this popular delicacy, whose numbers reportedly...
By Kris Crismundo/PNA
MANILA -- Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Wednesday a 30 percent to 40 percent tariff rate is being eyed on sugar importation, to serve as protection for local producers...
By Aerol John Pateña/PNA
MANILA -- The ‘Build, Build, Build’ team, composed of several government agencies involved in the infrastructure program, is set to hold a job fair on February 9 at...
