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                    [ArticleID] => 1258354
                    [Title] => WB offers $500-M emergency loan to Phl
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The World Bank is offering $500 million in emergency loan as well as technical expertise to the Philippines to help in the rehabilitation of Yolanda-ravaged areas and in rebuilding the lives of traumatized survivors.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8740/do11.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1005401 [Title] => News Analysis: Economic gains fail to reduce poverty, joblessness [Summary] =>

President Benigno Aquino III's fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) may have harped on the country's recent economic gains but it failed to address the country's biggest problem - poverty.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-23 21:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 851243 [Title] => House OKs proposed P2-trillion budget for 2013 [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives was expected to approve on second reading late last night the proposed P2.006-trillion national budget for 2013 with some of the questioned allocations left untouched.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 850544 [Title] => House to approve P2-T 2013 budget this week [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives is expected to approve on second reading this week the proposed P2.006-trillion national budget for 2013, Majority Leader and Mandaluyong Rep. Neptali Gonzales II said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 845604 [Title] => DBM disputes P300-B 'insertions' in proposed national budget [Summary] =>

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) disputed yesterday allegations that the proposed P2-trillion national budget was riddled with vague and hidden provisions that could be sources of abuse and corruption.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 845274 [Title] => Groups oppose 'insertions' in proposed P2-T budget for 2013 [Summary] =>

Budget watchdogs vowed yesterday to oppose “vague and hidden” provisions in the proposed P2.006-trillion national budget for 2013 amounting to nearly P300 billion.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 762352 [Title] => 'CCT program prioritized over disaster victims in DSWD budget' [Summary] =>

Despite the onslaught of killer typhoons in the country every year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prioritized its conditional cash transfer (CCT) program over assistance to disaster victims and other projects such as the Juvenile Justice Act in the agency’s 2012 budget.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 674869 [Title] => Proper medicalwastedisposal pushed [Summary] =>

In line with the implementation of the government’s measles vaccination program, environmental-health group Health Care Without Harm—Southeast Asia (HCWH—SEA) and Department of Health (DOH) introduced alternatives to treat and dispose wastes generated during the campaign.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1250083 [AuthorName] => Deborah Mae C. Fortich [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 653045 [Title] => Filipinos need to participate more in budget process [Summary] =>

Filipinos need to participate more actively in public finance to ensure their taxes are well spent, a prominent civil society leader said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-31 23:01:28 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 631683 [Title] => Drilon to defend P21-B CCT fund [Summary] =>

Senate committee on finance chairman Franklin Drilon has vowed to keep intact the P21-billion budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for its conditional cash transfer (CCT) program for 2011 despite threats from his colleagues to slash the amount.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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