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‘Cash-based’ nat’l budget system to cut gov’t underspending

MANILA – The Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) on Tuesday presented to the Senate finance committee the proposed PHP3.757-trillion national budget for 2019, the third budget of the Duterte administration and the...

Palace hails PH ranking as 3rd top exporter of manufacturing services

MANILA -- Malacañang on Tuesday welcomed the annual World Trade Statistical Review of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which identified the Philippines as third among all exporters of manufacturing services on physical...

PRRD okays TWG on PH-China joint exploration

MANILA-- President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the establishment of a technical working group (TWG) on the Philippines-China joint exploration in the disputed West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano...

SC issues show cause order vs. same-sex marriage petitioners

MANILA -- Lawyer Jesus Nicardo Falcis III is facing another setback as the Supreme Court (SC) issued a show cause order against him and his colleagues for their failure to file a...

Comelec ready for BOL plebiscite

MANILA -- While it is in the middle of preparations for the May 2019 midterm polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured its readiness to conduct a plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic...

Arroyo files resolution on voting separately in Con-ass

MANILA – Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday filed a resolution “expressing the position of the House of Representatives” that both chambers of Congress shall vote separately in a constituent assembly (Con-ass) to...

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