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DOF thanks Congress for Bayanihan 2 passage, seeks support on remaining economic recovery bills

August 26, 2020

The Department of Finance (DOF) has lauded the Senate and the House of Representatives for passing a fiscally responsible Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2, the measure that grants special powers anew to President Duterte to best

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Future gov’t subsidy programs must be digitized – DOF chief

August 25, 2020

The government’s future subsidy programs must be digitized to minimize corruption, said Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez. In a taped televised meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City on Monday night, which was aired Tuesday morning, Dominguez gave an update

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Ayala, Pangilinan assure additional telephone hotlines for govt’s COVID-19 One Hospital Command Center

August 24, 2020

Business tycoons Fernado Zobel de Ayala and Manuel V. Pangilinan assured on Monday that their respective telecommunication firms will provide more telephone hotlines to government’s One Hospital Command Center. The two made the assurance after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque put

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PSE index below 6,000 pts; peso at P48.62:$1

August 24, 2020

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index finished below the 6,000 mark on Monday. The PSE index ended at 5,943.58, down 61.82 points. In the broader market, there were 112 losers, 72 gainers and 59 unchanged. Volume reached 2.28 billion shares

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PHL, EU sign agreement for 24.5-M Euro grant for Bangsamoro peace initiatives, Marawi rehab

August 24, 2020

The European Union (EU) has extended a new grant worth 24.5 million Euros (approximately US$ 28.8 million) to the Philippines to help strengthen the government’s ongoing peace and confidence-building initiatives in the Bangsamoro autonomous region and assist in the recovery and rehabilitation of

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PCCI welcome to join in IATF meetings, says Palace

August 21, 2020

Any group, such as the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is welcome to participate in any of the meetings of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Malacanang said on Friday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque

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PSE index ends lower, peso at P48.68:$1

August 20, 2020

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)index closed 36.72 points lower  to 6,005.40 on Thursday. In the broader market, there were 131 losers, 64 gainers and 46 unchanged. Volume reached 1.5 billion shares valued at P4.04 billion from Wednesday’s 1.36 billion shares

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PSE index down, peso at P48.575:$1

August 19, 2020

The Philippine Stock Exchange(PSE) index lost 114.33 points to end at 6,042.12 points on Wednesday. In the broader market, there were 95 losers, 92 gainers and  42 unchanged. The peso closed at P48.575 against the US dollar. Volume at the

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