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Funds for security forces' pension released: budget dept

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 01:37 PM

The Department of Budget and Management said Thursday it disbursed P54.23 billion for the pension of retired military, police and uniformed personnel, following the delayed passage of the 2019 budget. Read more »

AirAsia's new biggest shareholder is holding firm of party-list rep

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 03 11:10 PM

F&S Holdings Inc, owned by party-list Rep. Michael “Mikee” Romero, is now the biggest shareholder of the budget airline's Philippine arm, with a 44.5 percent stake. Read more »

How to hit your goals this 2019

Maybank
Posted at Jun 03 02:25 PM

It's always easy to think of remarkable goals in life. The motivations are there but achieving them is half the struggle. Read more »

Back to school 2019: What can new students expect?

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Updated as of Jun 03 02:07 PM

With relatively high population growth, the Department of Education has to catch up with increased demand yearly for classrooms and teachers.  Read more »

Philippines to reclaim growth momentum with spending 'catch-up': finance chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 01:25 PM

The "carefully crafted and bold" program aims to keep full year growth above 6 percent, said Dominguez, the head of President Rodrigo Duterte's economic team. Read more »

Gov't posts budget surplus in April as spending falls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 10:29 AM

The government posted a P86.9-billion budget surplus in April, as spending dropped by 15 percent due to the delay in the passage of this year's budget that also dragged economic growth, the Bureau of the Treasury said Friday. Read more »

Budget impasse hampered construction of some 4,000 classrooms, says DepEd

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 06:54 PM

The delay in the passage of the 2019 national budget hampered the construction of 4,100 classrooms, an education official said Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte: Budget row dragged down economy

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 05:43 AM

MANILA - Bickering in Congress over the approval of the 2019 national budget is to blame for the slow economic growth in the first quarter this year, President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday. Read more »

Paglago ng ekonomiya bumagal dahil sa delay sa budget

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 11 02:48 AM

Ang paglago ng ekonomiya sa unang tatlong buwan ng 2019 na ang pinakamabagal sa loob ng 4 na taon.  Read more »

BSP's Diokno looking to 'ramp up growth' after Q1 slowdown: Pernia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 10:52 AM

Gross domestic product grew 5.6 percent in the January to March period, the slowest in 16 quarters, dragged by the delay in the passage of the 2019 budget. The data was released hours before Diokno was to convene a meeting of the Monetary Board. Read more »

Not more fun in PH

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia
Posted at May 04 09:55 AM

It hasn't been fun in the Philippines for thousands of passengers of Cebu Pacific affected by the more than 100 flight cancellations of the country's largest airline.  Read more »

Not more fun in PH

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia
Posted at May 04 02:16 AM

It hasn't been fun in the Philippines for many passengers of Cebu Pacific affected by the more than 100 flight cancellations of the country's largest airline. Read more »

PH fiscal deficit narrows amid delay in 2019 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 06:57 PM

The Philippines posted a narrower budget deficit in the first quarter as revenue collections grew while spending slowed amid delays in the passage of the 2019 General Appropriations Act. Read more »

'He is president': Arroyo respects Duterte veto on 2019 budget

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 04:38 AM

MANILA - House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Monday she respects President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to veto items worth over P95-billion in the 2019 national budget. Read more »

Duterte to seek P4.1-trillion budget in 2020

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 04:20 PM

The 2020 budget will be cash-based and will include an estimated P233.3 billion in extended payments from 2019, Budget Assistant Secretary Rolando Toledo said. Read more »

Duterte points finger at bickering lawmakers for 2019 budget delay

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 03:31 AM

Duterte on Wednesday blamed squabbling lawmakers in the House of Representatives and the Senate for the delay in the passage of this year’s P3.7-trillion national budget. Read more »

Infra funds in Davao region, Central Luzon among those vetoed in nat’l budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 02:10 AM

Roads and bridges in the Davao region and Central Luzon are just some of the projects worth more than P95 billion vetoed by Duterte in the national budget. Read more »

Payo ni Diokno kay Duterte: Huwag mainitin ang ulo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 09:08 PM

Isyu sa West Philippine Sea ang inatupag ng ilang kandidato ng Otso Diretso sa kani-kanilang kampanya. Read more »

'Walang personalan': Nograles says Congress unlikely to retaliate after P95.3B budget veto

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 05:29 PM

In a weekly forum, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said he did not see any negative effect caused by the President's decision to veto certain provisions in the P3.7 trillion 2019 national budget. Read more »

Mga 'siningit' kabilang sa natapyas sa 2019 nat'l budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 07:21 PM

Kasama sa naalis mula sa pinirmahang 2019 national budget ang umano'y insertions sa pondo.  Read more »