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CRECENCIO I. CRUZNOTHING is more untrue than the claim of key economic departments that reductions in the budget deficit and the national debt are good for the economy. The Senate and Congress argue the same way, as well as the rating agencies and multilateral institutions.

PDP LABAN FACEBOOK PAGEREELECTIONIST Senators Ronald “Bato” M. dela Rosa and Christopher Lawrence “Bong” T. Go, friends and allies of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, are seeking extension of their terms as they formalized their bids for the 2025 midterm polls.Mr. Dela Rosa, who served

Office of the Civil Defense conducts an aerial survey on the damages caused by typhoon Julian in Batanes on October 3, 2024. — YUMMIE DINGDING/PPA POOLAGRICULTURAL damage due to Super Typhoon “Julian” (international name: Krathon) was estimated at P36.34 million, according to preliminary data from

THE Department of Energy (DoE) is looking at studying how to forecast the country’s load profile due to the expected significant shift on major users of electricity.Speaking at a forum in Makati City on Thursday, DoE Director for Energy Policy and Planning Michael O. Sinocruz

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. appointed Joel Anthony M. Viado as the new Bureau of Immigration (BI) chief after the firing of its former boss due to the escape of a fugitive mayor. Mr. Viado was named officer-in-charge last month prior to his ascent as the

PHILSTARTHE United States government will donate an additional P485 million to the Philippines to improve the country’s basic education programs, according to the US embassy in Manila.In a statement on Thursday, the embassy said Washington’s Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines (ABC+) will total P2.6