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Recto cites reasons to endorse Diokno’s DBM appointment. Here are 3 of them

He’s competent, he’s a fellow Batangueno, and he’s a die-hard fan of the State University’s Maroons basketball team.

Ang lakas kay Digong! Leni to get her own department on housing soon

The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is set to make Vice President Leni Robredo’s job as housing czar that much easier.

Trabaho is coming! Laid off OFWs to become construction workers back home, says Villar

The hyped “Golden Age of infrastructure” in the country could translate into a golden opportunity for some of the thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who had been laid off their jobs recently.

Wag kayong magpasarap: Duterte reminds gov’t officials they’re on people’s payroll

Is having a government post equal to having unprecedented perks and benefits?

Bahala si Ben: Palace says DBM looking for funds for teachers’ and soldiers’ pay hike

It is up to Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno and his department to look for the money that will fund the pay hike that President Rodrigo Duterte has promised to law enforcement personnel and public school teachers, Malacañang said on Sunday (July 31).

About face: Here’s why Duterte doesn’t want Cha-cha via con-con anymore

President Rodrigo Duterte has changed his mind about holding a constitutional convention (con-con) to amend the 1987 Constitution to effect a shift to a federal form of government, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said on Thursday (July 28).

Duterte’s first budget trumps PNoy’s last by P350B

The first national budget under President Rodrigo Duterte is over 10 percent higher–that’s around P350 billion–than the last budget signed by his predecessor, Benigno Aquino III.

Present! VP Robredo attends Cabinet orientation

Vice President Leonor Robredo made her first appearance as a member of the Cabinet during a meeting in Malacanang Monday. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol posted

Duterte’s proposed budget for 2017 won’t be submitted to Congress ASAP. Here’s why

Congress will have to wait two to three weeks after President-elect Rodrigo Duterte delivers his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) to get ahold of the incoming administration’s budget proposal for 2017.

Lacson hails ‘Duterte 5’ in next Cabinet

Of the Cabinet members designated by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, Senator-elect Panfilo Lacson is impressed with at least five choices including his two colleagues during Estrada

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