Explainer: The 2025 national budget and what you need to know
WEB5 days ago · What’s in the budget? The 2025 budget is designed to finance essential government programs and projects, including: Education: P977.6 billion, the largest allocation, supporting education initiatives and development. Public Works: P900 billion for infrastructure projects aimed at boosting economic growth and improving connectivity.
Four major parties unite for 2025 - SUNSTAR
WEB1 day ago · Four major political parties in Metro Cebu and Cebu Province have signed a “cooperation agreement” to unify behind a common political goal for the May 2025 midterm elections. The Kugi Uswag Sugbo (Kusug) Party led by Acting Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia, the Alayon-Nacionalista (NP) Party under Talisay City Mayor Gerald …
Clearing of structures on dikes, under bridges continues
WEB1 day ago · Sep 30, 2024, 4:43 pm. Copied. THE Public Safety and Security Office (PSSO) and the River Patrol Monitoring Team (RPMT) continues the dismantling of illegal structures built on top of dikes and underneath bridges. PSSO Head Angel Sumagaysay said they conduct the demolition every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. He said the goal of the …
House approves P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 - SUNSTAR
WEB5 days ago · Sep 26, 2024, 3:36 am. THE House of Representatives approved in final reading the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) that proposes the P6.352-trillion national budget for next year. The House Bill 10800, or the 2025 GAB, garnered 285 “yes” votes and three “no” votes, all from the Makabayan bloc, during a plenary session on …
Dengue cases in Cebu City: What you need to know - SUNSTAR
WEB4 days ago · Data from the Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas shows that from January to August 2024, the region recorded 15,394 dengue cases and 35 deaths, with 14 fatalities from Cebu Province, three in Cebu City, and one in Mandaue City. The remaining 17 deaths occurred in other parts of Central Visayas. La Niña’s impact on cases.
DOF projects 3.4% inflation for 2024 - SUNSTAR
WEB6 days ago · Sep 25, 2024, 5:26 am. THE Department of Finance (DOF) is projecting a full-year inflation rate of a 3.4 percent by the end of 2024. Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, in a media briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, expressed confidence that the country will meet the target inflation rate of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP ...
US missile system will remain in the PH despite China's alarm
WEB6 days ago · Published on: Sep 25, 2024, 6:10 am. AMERICAN and Filipino security officials have agreed to keep a U.S. mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines indefinitely to boost deterrence despite China's expressions of alarm, two Philippine officials said Wednesday. The U.S. Army transported the Typhon missile system, a land-based …