Credit to Author: Mayvelin U. Caraballo, TMT| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:00:40 +0000
The central bank is likely to cut interest rates by at least 50 basis points next year, but will take it slow in terms of reducing banks’ reserve requirement ratio (RRR), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno said. “For policy cuts, at least 50 basis points (bps). We’re observing what the other central […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:40:13 +0000
Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., the House appropriations committee chairman, seems to have backed off, at least temporarily, on his bid to investigate outgoing budget chief Benjamin Diokno over alleged insertions in the 2019 national budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:37:05 +0000
THE investigation against incoming Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Gov. Benjamin Diokno will no longer be pursued under this Congress, said a leader at the House of Representatives who actively…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 06:19:53 +0000
OUTGOING Budget secretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday hopes that his successor will neither be a “politician” nor “an ex-politician” and is considering recommending a “technocrat” for the job. In his…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 05:37:04 +0000
OUTGOING Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday announced that 98.5 percent of the P3.767-trillion national budget for 2018 has been released, reversing 12 years of underspending in government. Diokno, who…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 04:44:35 +0000
NEWLY-appointed Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday wants to accelerate the reduction of banks’ reserve requirement ratio (RRR) following the lowering of inflation rate, which was expected to settle…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 03:44:18 +0000
Outgoing Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said he was hoping the next chief of the DBM would not be a politician.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 03:26:20 +0000
The Philippines exceeded its spending target in 2018, reversing 12 years of underspending, outgoing Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 02:12:10 +0000
If members of the House of Representatives “changed the composition” of the national budget after it has been approved by Congress
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Read moreCredit to Author: CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:43:52 +0000
NEWLY appointed Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno doesn’t have to get the nod of the Commission on Appointments (CA) to serve his post, Malacañang clarified on Wednesday….READ
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