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TRAIN is needed to run country: Duterte

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte has emphasized the need to implement the Tax Reform for Acceleration (TRAIN) law to raise more funds to run the country. “We have, all the while, having...

BTr offers retail bonds to public

MANILA -- The investing public can now help the government raise much-needed funds to support its massive infrastructure program, with the Bureau of Treasury's (BTr) retail treasury bonds (RTBs) offer from May...

Add’l FOI criteria included in eligibility to FY 2018 bonus

MANILA — The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Harmonization of National Government Performance Monitoring, Information and Reporting Systems recently released the guidelines on the grant of the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) for Fiscal...

Lack of quorum impedes Senate approval of Dengvaxia assistance bill

MANILA -- The Senate adjourned sine die early Thursday morning without passing the proposed bill seeking a PHP1.16-billion supplemental budget to fund the medical needs of children who were administered the Dengvaxia...

DND issues IRR for task force aiding reintegration of rebel returnees

MANILA -- The Department of National Defense (DND) has issued the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for Task Force "Balik-Loob" (TFBL), the coordinating body tasked to centralize all government efforts for the...

Senate unanimously approves proposed BBL on final reading

MANILA -- The Senate unanimously approved on third and final reading early Thursday morning its version of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), following marathon deliberations that started Wednesday afternoon prior to...

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