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MANILA, Philippines — The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has allotted P428 million in emergency loan for its members in Oriental Mindoro whose hogs were affected by African swine fever (ASF).
MANILA, Philippines — Up to P1.95 billion in calamity funds was released last month to finance various disaster relief operations.
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued the updated list of value-added tax (VAT)-exempt medicines for various diseases such as cancer and hypertension.
MANILA, Philippines — State-run pension fund Social Security System (SSS) has called on its members with unsettled loans to avail themselves of the agency’s condonation program and clear out their obligations.
MANILA, Philippines — With its “limited fiscal space,” the government is unlikely to find the resources to subsidize minimum wage earners, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said yesterday, as she warned that pushing through with such a subsidy would undermine consolidation efforts as well as the delivery of other social services.
MANILA, Philippines — The government targets to secure P55.7 billion in loans from the Japanese government for the third tranche of financing for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) by March.
MANILA, Philippines — The Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) is in the process of tapping foreign partners for a joint venture in building telecommunication towers in rural areas in a bid to address the digital gap.
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s balance of payments (BOP) swung to a deficit of $740 million in January, the highest in almost a year, as the government paid its foreign currency debt obligations.