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President Duterte is due to sign the 2020 General Appropriations Bill today, January 6. It is already six days in the year, but the President chose to delay his signing of the bill so he would have a little more time to look at certain budget provisions more closely. Last year, we may recall, the...

Three  major  China-Philippines  projects  took off in the closing months  of 2019 – the start of the Reed Bank  joint  gas and oil development west of Palawan,  President  Duterte’s directive to proceed  with the P12.2-billion  Kaliwa Dam project  in Rizal and Quezon, and the...

President Duterte has decided to proceed with the construction of the Kaliwa Dam in Rizal and Quezon provinces, a project that has been held back for years because of several issues raised against it. The Haribon Foundation and other environmental groups oppose the dam for it will destroy the...