FACES OF THE NEWS: July 28, 2019

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 21:40:11 +0000

FACES OF THE NEWS: July 28, 2019

During President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation address, he appeared to say that China was “in possession” of disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea.

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Canada’s red tape delaying trash reexport, says BOC chief

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 21:39:48 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — If not for the bureaucratic red tape in Canada, the Philippines could have shipped the remaining 69 containers of trash languishing in two of the country’s ports by the middle of this month, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Tuesday.

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Dominguez on Arroyo ouster plot: “Pure fiction”

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 01:48:25 +0000

Dominguez on Arroyo ouster plot: “Pure fiction”

This was how the head of the Duterte administration’s economic team described a report that came out last Friday about an alleged ouster plot against House Speaker Gloria Arroyo led by economic managers.

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House majority leader sees budget ‘compromise’

President Rodrigo Duterte has stepped in to break a deadlock between the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the House of Representatives on his P3.76-trillion proposed cash-based budget for 2019.

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Gov’t officials opposing federalism just need more info, says Pimentel

Gov’t officials opposing federalism just need more info, says Pimentel

Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III on Saturday said government officials against federalism would “need more information” on the proposed shift of government. He made this comment after Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and other economic managers earlier told the Senate finance committee that federalism might damage the momentum of the country’s economy. “Ang nakukuha ko naman […]

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