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PRRD admin posts highest public construction value since 1999

By Joann Villanueva/PNA MANILA — Commitment to modernize public infrastructure in the Philippines prompted the Duterte administration to post the highest gross value in public sector construction since the Estrada administration. Budget and...

Tobacco farmers appeal for relief from excise tax hikes

By Lilybeth Ison/PNA MANILA -- Tobacco farmers across the country on Monday appealed to senators against further increasing the tobacco excise tax as this would exacerbate their increasingly difficult situation. The Senate committee...

Another oil price hike set Tuesday

By Kris Crismundo/PNA MANILA -- Local oil firms announced yet another increase in the prices of petroleum products, set to take effect Tuesday morning. In separate text messages, industry spokespersons said their respective...

Pampanga firm seeks exemption from DA import ban

By Marna Dagumboy Del Rosario/PNA CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- Pampanga acting Governor Dennis "Delta" Pineda has asked Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol to exempt a bag-manufacturing company here from an import...

Critical infra projects in place by 2022

By Kris Crismundo/PNA MANILA -- Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said the government is making sure that critical infrastructure projects will be in place before the end of the Duterte...

Dominguez hopeful Bangsamoro region will drive Mindanao growth

DOF PR/PNA DAVAO CITY -- Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III expressed hope that the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), which would create a new autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao, would finally clear...
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