Lacson: Possession of foreign-sourced wiretapped info is illegal

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 01:22:49 +0000

Possession of wiretapped information from foreign sources linking FIlipinos to criminal activities is already a violation of Philippine law.

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Luzon under Yellow Alert on March 7 — Meralco

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 01:47:15 +0000

Luzon was placed under Yellow Alert on Thursday due to insufficient operating energy reserve, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco)

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Diokno hopes next DBM secretary ‘not a politician’

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 03:44:18 +0000

Diokno hopes next DBM secretary 'not a politician'

Outgoing Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said he was hoping the next chief of the DBM would not be a politician.

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Diokno: PH ends underspending, ‘slightly’ exceeds 2018 target

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 03:26:20 +0000

Diokno: PH ends underspending, ‘slightly’ exceeds 2018 target

The Philippines exceeded its spending target in 2018, reversing 12 years of underspending, outgoing Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said.

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Partly cloudy to cloudy over PH on Wednesday

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:50:36 +0000

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies over PH on Wednesday

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies on Wednesday, the weather bureau said. 

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Lawmaker to Malacanang: Ask House to transmit 2019 budget bill now

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:45:24 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang should urge the leaders of the House of Representatives to promptly transmit the ratified 2019 budget for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Tuesday.

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DOF: No preferential treatment for China ‘Build, Build, Build’ loans

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:45:01 +0000

The DOF said Tuesday that no preferential treatment was given to China on loans under the “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program.

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Neda, DOF told to be more transparent on ‘Build, Build, Build’ loans

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:52:18 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) and the Department of Finance (DOF) should be more transparent with loan deals that the government enters into under the “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) program, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Tuesday.

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Andaya: House only itemizing, not manipulating 2019 budget

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 07:54:32 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives is only itemizing the appropriations under the ratified 2019 budget and not manipulating it, House Appropriations committee chairperson Rolando Andaya Jr. said Tuesday.

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Senate economic panel opens probe on ‘Build, Build, Build’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 01:20:42 +0000

The Senate committee on economic affairs on Tuesday opened its probe into the Duterte administration’s massive “Build, Build, Build”

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