Philippines Signs World Bank Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project

Purisima: Investing on BRT system supports rapid and sustainable growth Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima signed the loan agreement for the World Bank’s Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project on…

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Intercontinental Grains in hot water for illegal rice imports

Importing rice without the prerequisite import permit from the National Food Authority (NFA) prompted the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to file smuggling-related cases against representatives of Intercontinental Grains International Trading,…

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NG Incurs P5.2 billion Fiscal Deficit in September 2014

January to September Fiscal Deficit at P31.1 billion October 2014 Manila, Philippines – The National Government (NG) ran a P5.2 billion fiscal deficit in September after posting a surplus in…

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Good Governance Dialogues CDO leg redefine “good governance”

CSOs raise budget standard to 3Ks: kwenta, kwenta, kilos (Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, October 24, 2014) -- Participants of the Good Governance Dialogues in Cagayan de Oro saw citizen…

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Mailed anti-impotence pills seized by Customs

Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Intelligence Group intercepted a parcel mailed from the United States containing 268 blue-colored pills suspected to be sildenafil citrate, a drug used to…

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Customs busts seller of fake BOC receipts

Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) nabbed a woman caught selling fake Bureau of Customs Official Receipts (BCORS) outside the Paircargo Warehouse, adjacent to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport…

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PDIC to sell 310 properties at 9th Housing Fair

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) is offering for negotiated sale a total of 310 properties at the 9th Housing Fair organized by the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council…

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Customs posts record revenues in September

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) posted revenues of P32.87-Billion in September 2014, the highest-ever single-month collection of the agency, on the back of continuous improvements in valuation and an increase…

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