Research fellows from the OCTA Research on Monday, September 6, explained that the decision for implementing lockdowns in different parts of the country is the responsibility of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the local government units (LGUs) and not with the group. OCTA RESEARCH OCTA...
President Duterte’s chief economic manager bucked the legislative proposals seeking to set a statutory debt limit and create the government’s committee in charge of fiscal discipline. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez During the House ways and means committee hearing on Monday, Sept.6,...
House Deputy Minority leader Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday, September 4, scored the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for still having more than P4.1 billion worth of funds “parked” at the Philippine International Trading...
Government loans from local and foreign banks increased by more than double in July this year. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed that the Duterte administration’s gross borrowings jumped 150 percent last July to P337.36 billion from P134.53 billion in the same month last year. According...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Saturday announced that the construction of the Government Strategic Communications Academy (GSCA) will finally begin this month. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Andanar said that the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the government to start preparing local government units (LGUs) for the proper rollout of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to minors. Gatchalian made the call following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of Moderna vaccines for the...
The Pasay City government distributed a total of P160,000 financial assistance to fire victims in four barangays in the city. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city handed P5,000 each to 32 family heads on Thursday, Sept. 3. Rubiano said the families were rendered homeless after fire hit Barangays...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban were expected to form a government as early as Friday with the new regime under intense international scrutiny over its vow to rule Afghanistan with greater tolerance, especially on women's rights. Taliban fighters wave as they patrol in a convoy along a street in...
The Pasay City government finished on Thursday (Sept. 2) the distribution of financial aid or “ayuda” to families affected by the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Angie Roa-Yu, head of the City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD), said they have already served the qualified beneficiaries...
Amid the continuing global health crisis, Australia is launching two business partnerships in the Philippines to provide women with skills and opportunities, as well as psychological services to Filipinos with mental illness. The Australian Embassy in Manila said the two new business partnerships...
Government debt snowballed to a record high of P11.61 trillion as of July this year. Peso bills Based on the Bureau of the Treasury’s report on Tuesday, Aug. 31, the public debt increased 26.7 percent from P9.164 trillion in the same month last year, or an addition of P2.446 trillion in the past...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is set to launch an online tool that aims to streamline the reporting of data pertaining to the debts and other liabilities of government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs). In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Joan Castillo, DOF’s...
