Day: August 27, 2024

MANILA: Former Secretaries of the Department of Finance (DOF) said they support the DOF’s move to utilize excess funds of government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) to finance government projects in health, education, social services, and inf…

TACLOBAN: The Philippine Army is counting on the participation of former rebels for the surrender of the remaining 26 active members of the New People’s Army (NPA) hiding in the mountains of Leyte Island.

Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of the Arm…

MANILA: The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has allocated some PHP230.057 billion in the 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP) for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to ensure assistance for the most vulnerable sectors…

MANILA: The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has allocated some PHP230.057 billion in the 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP) for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to ensure assistance for the most vulnerable sectors…

MANILA: Over 500,000 liters of oily waste have so far been siphoned from the sunken MTKR Terranova off the coast of Bataan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.

In a situation update on Tuesday, the PCG said a total of 506,000 liters of oily waste …

MANILA: The Department of Finance (DOF) is seeking a PHP33.75 billion budget for 2025 which will be used for efficient tax administration and public service, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said.

‘[O]ur proposed budget every year is always a faithful r…

CEBU: The city government here has successfully placed under community-based rehabilitation half of the almost 11,000 former drug personalities under the city’s watchlist, an official said on Tuesday.

Jonah John Rodriguez, executive director of the C…

MANILA: There will be ‘no sacred cows’ in the investigation into the escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said as he hinted that he now knows the people who helped the former mayor leave the …

MANILA: There will be ‘no sacred cows’ in the investigation into the escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said as he hinted that he now knows the people who helped the former mayor leave the …

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has asked citizens’ arm groups and other stakeholders to help encourage the 5.3 million deactivated voters to reactivate to be able to participate in next year’s midterm elections.

Comelec chair George Er…

MANILA: Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said Tuesday the interpretation of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the United States in terms of an armed attack must be broadened for it to be res…