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THE Department of Finance (DOF) has increased the mandated dividend remittance rate of government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) to the national treasury to at least 75 percent of their net earnings from the minimum 50 percent to improve non-tax revenue collections. Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto told reporters in a…

A ROAD improvement project stretching over six kilometers on Olango Island is nearing completion, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

BUDGET authorities are prepared to help address the impact of the El Niño phenomenon, with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF) currently holding P15.507 billion.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO --- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it has completed two units of three-storey buildings with eight classrooms at the Don Honorio Ventura State University (DHVSU) City of San Fernando Satellite Campus. The DPWH said it has provided a more conducive learning environment to students with the construction of the school buildings. DPWH Regional Office 3 Director Roseller A. Tolentino, in a report to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan and Undersecretary for C...

A road improvement project stretching over six kilometers on Olango Island is nearing completion, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

LEADER OF Government Business in the House of Representatives Edmund Bartlett will today open the annual Sectoral Debate in Parliament. Lawmakers took a break after the end of the Budget Debate on March 26 but had to rush back to Parliament on...

Congress improperly passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, including the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a federal court in Texas has ruled.

Appropriations Act error

THE EDITOR Madam: The lawmakers found themselves addressing an amendment to the Appropriations Act 2024 due to an inadvertent inclusion of statutory expenditures. This error, which came to light less than two weeks after the Budget’s passage,...

Two weeks after the House of Representatives completed its debate on the Appropriations Act, more commonly known as the Budget, lawmakers on Tuesday approved an amendment to the statute, after being advised that the statutory expenditures were...