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Government pursues MRT-3 takeover

By Jess Diaz | September 18, 2015 - 10:00am

The government is still planning to buy out private investors in Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3), the rail line along Edsa, to allow it to completely take over and manage the facility.

Business

Aquino's 1-day Japan trip costs P8.8M

By Louis Bacani | June 24, 2014 - 4:26pm

The government spent about P8.8 million for President Benigno Aquino III's working visit to Japan on Tuesday.

Headlines

Palace insists Malampaya funds intact

By Aurea Calica | October 23, 2013 - 12:00am

Regardless of accounting complexities, the Malampaya Fund is still whole and intact, Presidential Communications Operations...

Headlines

2013's P2.006-T budget to sustain Phl growth

By Christina Mendez | August 6, 2012 - 4:38pm

With the 6.4 percent growth of the Philippine economy under the Aquino administration, economic managers and senators agreed on Monday that there is still a need to address further infrastructure development and...

House opens hearings on P2-T 2013 budget

By Jess Diaz | August 1, 2012 - 12:00am

The House committee on appropriations opens public hearings today on President Aquino’s proposed P2-trillion national budget for next year.

Headlines

Budget deficit seen hitting P250B this yr

By Iris Gonzales | January 17, 2012 - 12:00am

The government’s budget deficit is expected to hit P250 billion this year, below the revised official estimate of P286 billion or two percent of gross domestic product because of lackluster state spending,...

Business

Incapacitated

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | January 7, 2012 - 12:00am

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Opinion

S&P review team to assess RP fiscal situation

By Iris Gonzales | October 28, 2010 - 12:00am

A review team from Standard & Poor’s met yesterday with Finance officials to assess the government’s fiscal situation and discuss the plans of the Aquino administration in addressing a widening...

Business

High growth pattern to continue despite scandals, says GMA ally

By Jess Diaz | September 18, 2010 - 12:00am

The economy will continue to grow at a fast rate despite the scandals and controversies hounding the less than two-month-old Aquino administration, a congressman-ally of former president Gloria Arroyo said yest...

Business

RP to lose US financial support against human trafficking

July 28, 2010 - 10:02pm

The government is running the risk of losing the US government's financial support worth $250 million to sustain the battle against human trafficking, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima disclosed today.