Governance

Fiscal deficit seen to exceed government target for this year

Published by rudy Date posted on February 23, 2009

MANILA, Philippines -The fiscal deficit would increase beyond the government’s original target for this year, but economic managers said the budget gap would be widened by lower revenues and not increased spending for pump-priming.

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IMF cuts RP growth forecast, warns of fiscal blowout

Published by rudy Date posted on February 19, 2009

THE Philippines is likely to incur a bigger budget deficit for this year than what the government has programmed due to weak revenue collection and high expenditures, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday.

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Finance: Govt to forfeit P20b in revenues from tax relief law

Published by rudy Date posted on February 16, 2009

The government will forego roughly P20 billion in potential revenues this year from the full-year implementation of the tax relief law, which increased the personal exemptions of taxpayers and waived the withholding tax on minimum wage earners.

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RP budget process: Less and less transparent

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2009

By all accounts the freest democracy in Southeast Asia, the Philippines, ironically, has become less and less transparent in its budget and financial processes.

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NEDA wants government to defer rationalization program

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2009

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) wants the government to postpone the plan to rationalize state agencies to help Filipinos cope with the global financial turmoil.

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RP racks up P33.5 billion in cost overruns for foreign-funded projects – Escudero

Published by rudy Date posted on January 22, 2009

Twenty foreign-assisted projects have incurred P33.5 billion in cost overruns, Sen. Francis Escudero said yesterday.

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Malacañang switches jobs of key aides

Published by rudy Date posted on January 22, 2009

PRESIDENT Arroyo has reshuffled the members of her Cabinet, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said yesterday.

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Rich not paying enough taxes, research firm says

Published by rudy Date posted on January 15, 2009

MOST of the rich Filipinos evade taxes, and many are members of civil society groups preaching compassion and demanding the rule of law, an official said yesterday.

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National government to spend 80% of budget in H1

Published by rudy Date posted on January 8, 2009

The government plans to spend 60 percent to 80 percent of its P1.415-trillion budget for the year during the first semester as part of plans to pump-prime the economy, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) director-general Ralph Recto said.

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Budget deficit to reach P160B next year – Recto

Published by rudy Date posted on December 30, 2008

The government’s budget deficit could swell to as much as P160 billion in 2009 or two percent of gross domestic product (GDP), Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto said.

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GMA has 54 advisers, assistants

Published by rudy Date posted on January 5, 2008

How many undersecretaries and assistant secretaries does it take to run a government?

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GMA creates procurement transparency board

Published by rudy Date posted on September 26, 2007

President Arroyo has created the Procurement Transparency Board (PTB) to ensure that all public sector contracts are aboveboard.

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Republic Act No. 9485 “Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007”

Published by rudy Date posted on June 2, 2007

Download the text in PDF format

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