Some recent stories and reports related to public finance and economics have caught my attention. Let me enumerate and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government would have a hard ... “More than P8 billion yearly is needed for its full implementation each year. To fully implement it, this can only be ...

THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S (NG) fiscal position swung to a surplus in April as an uptick in tax revenues offset the decline in state spending, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said on Tuesday. Data ...

The private sector-led Philippine Business ... the nominal increase in the budget for education, which is constitutionally mandated to receive the highest yearly appropriation, as spending for ...

For Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, two officials control the country’s budget: House of Representatives appropriations committee chair Rep. Elizaldy Co and Speaker Ferdinand Martin G.

Leachon, a former president of the Philippine College of Physicians, said “if the president allows the budget to pass into ... cutting the legally required yearly contribution of the Marcos ...

MANILA — The national budget approved by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is true to the Philippine constitution, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) clarified on Monday, Dec. 30. DBM ...

The proposed 2025 national budget has allocated P725 million for the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), an amount significantly lower than last year’s P1.156 billion budget. Based on information ...

The largest Philippine fast food chain will open up to 800 new stores this year with its coffee segment a key expansion driver, Richard Shin, chief financial officer of Jollibee, said in an email ...