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UNFINISHED. This slide from a presentation by Senator Raffy Tulfo shows the disrepair of the Bulo Small Reservoir Irrigation Project in Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan — one of the many jobs the National Irrigation Administration has yet to finish despite billions of funding annually, the lawmaker said.  Senator Raffy Tulfo …

Government agencies–including the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)–deferred the rollout of the new lifeline subsidy program for poor consumers to September 1 due to the low turnout of registrants. The DOE said on Thursday that only 12,900 …

The proposed P1.408-billion fund for the President’s local and foreign trips is justified as the Philippines needs to actively promote foreign investments. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy) Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman pointed this out when asked about the …

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will go on a state visit to Vietnam in January 2024 as the two nations seek to reinvigorate their strategic partnership formed in 2015. In his opening remarks for the 10th Philippine-Vietnam Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation meeting on Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo …

Confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) under the proposed P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 increased by P120 million, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Thursday, Aug. 3. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (RTVM screenshot) Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman assured that the 2024 CIF, which will amount to …

Spending plan handed to Congress President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is seeking to increase the funding for his administration’s infrastructure and agricultural programs next year, the P5.768-trillion spending plan for 2024 submitted by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to Congress shows. In his budget message, the President said that …

France is optimistic about the continued momentum of its strengthened bilateral relations with the Philippines in various areas following the three-day visit to Manila of its minister for development. French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie, and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou said she looks forward to deepening the cooperation in …

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Wednesday underscored the need to consider the possibility of a major earthquake or the so-called “Big One” as well as tsunamis in the reclamation projects in Manila Bay. In a press briefing in Malacañang, Environment Secretary Antonia Yulo Loyzaga said there is …

SEVERAL gates of at least three major dams, including the Ipo Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan have been opened to discharge excess water brought about by the southwest monsoon rains enhanced by Typhoon “Falcon.” From two gates on Wednesday, five more were unlocked at the Ambuklao Dam in Benguet on Thursday …

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed 127 tax evasion cases amounting to P6.1 billion against 214 corporate officers with the Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday. BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr., said this is his “latest offensive against businesses and corporations who are not paying their proper taxes.” “Corporations …