MANILA: The Department of Finance (DOF) is seeking a PHP33.75 billion budget for 2025 which will be used for efficient tax administration and public service, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said.
‘[O]ur proposed budget every year is always a faithful r…
MANILA: Former Secretaries of the Department of Finance (DOF) said they support the DOF’s move to utilize excess funds of government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) to finance government projects in health, education, social services, and inf…
MANILA: Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said Tuesday the interpretation of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the United States in terms of an armed attack must be broadened for it to be res…
Sen. Lt. Gen. Trinh Van Quyet, Chairman of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), visited former General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith, along with some scho…
MANILA: The China Coast Guard (CCG) deployed a force of 40 ships in Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and blocked two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels on a resupply mission Monday.
In a statement Tuesday, PCG spokesperson for the WPS …
Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security had separate meetings with Lao Party General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith, Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone on August 27 during the Vietnamese Minister’s worki…
MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted the request of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo for a 10-day extension of the deadline to submit a counter-affidavit on the material misrepresentation complaint filed against her.
Come…
A festival is underway in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on August 27 to celebrate the history of local wax coconut. Wax coconut has a 100-year-old history with local people in Cau Ke district, Tra Vinh province. Unlike regular coconuts, wax c…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday urged journalists to remain at the forefront of the fight against ‘fake news’ and continue adhering to the most ethical and professional standards of journalism.
‘I ask that you continue to adhere …