+ Follow bureaucracy Tag
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[Title] => Divine BSP pay, hellish economy
[Summary] => In the entire Philippine government bureaucracy of two million people and 1,003 departments, agencies and government corporations, the highest paid individual is not the president of the Philippines, not the vice president, not the Senate president, not the speaker and nor the chief justice.
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[Title] => GOCC charters up for review
[Summary] => The charters of more than 100 government-owned or controlled corporations will be reviewed as the administration moves to rightsize the bureaucracy and ensure economic viability.
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[Title] => The right size
[Summary] => Will there ever be a right size for the bureaucracy?
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[Title] => Early retirement seen to curb bloated bureaucracy
[Summary] => Offering early retirement to qualified government employees could save the country’s coffers at least P1 trillion and right-size the bureaucracy, whose maintenance and other operating expenses amount to 65 percent of the annual national budget.
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[Title] => Political will 3
[Summary] => Red tape is supposed to be a pet peeve of President Duterte. As mayor in Davao he gave local bureaucrats a deadline to act on citizen requirements. He promised to replicate that from Malacanang.
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[Title] => Duterte: National ID to cut red tape, fight crime
[Summary] => Every Filipino must now secure a unique, permanent national identification number.
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[Title] => EDITORIAL – A professional bureaucracy
[Summary] => Eight months after the vacancy was created, President Aquino has nominated a new chairman of the Civil Service Commission.
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[Title] => Bill seeking to reorganize bureaucracy filed
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[Summary] => In celebration of the 113th year of the Philippine bureaucracy, civil servants enjoyed free rides on overhead railways, free entrance at government-run museums and galleries, and discounts and freebies at Jollibee outlets and SM department stores. The perks acknowledged the service rendered by government employees, many of whom are honest, competent and dedicated to their work – contrary to the image portrayed by the rotten eggs in their midst.
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[DatePublished] => 2025-12-07 12:13:00
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September 16, 2015 - 10:00am
September 22, 2013 - 12:00am
