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                    [Title] => Infrastructure spending up 45.1 pct in Jan.
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The government's infrastructure spending jumped by 45.1 percent on year to P23.8 billion ($531.41 million) in January, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said today.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-03 23:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 573118 [Title] => Alma Party-list advocates benefits for students, farmers and fishermen [Summary] =>

The Alma Party-list group,number 71,stands out among the rest because of its advocacies that benefit a wide sector of society.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 418636 [Title] => Senate under Enrile endorses Palace budget version of P1.4 T [Summary] => The Senate finance committee endorsed yesterday Malacañang’s version of the P1. [DatePublished] => 2008-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 399063 [Title] => Palace releases P2.6-B 'pork' [Summary] =>

Malacañang has released P2.6 billion in pork barrel funds, including P615 million for congressmen and an undisclosed amount for senators.

 

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 14104 [Title] => BSP okays $20-M US PL 480 loan for AFMA budgetary support [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338206 [Title] => Senate slashes P31 B from ’06 budget [Summary] => The Senate committee on finance has recommended a P31.11 billion cut in the proposed P1.053 trillion 2006 national budget.

In a sponsorship speech delivered yesterday, committee chairman Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. said the Senate amendments came out with an increase of P4.43 billion but also a decrease of P35.54 billion, for a net budget cut of P31.11 billion.

Included in the P31.11 billion trimmed from the General Appropriations Bill was the P13.1 billion allocation for the increase in the allowances of government employees.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304223 [Title] => Fire hits DBM building; officials say no fund scam cover-up [Summary] => An hour-long fire hit the office of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) near Malacañang in Manila early yesterday morning, triggering speculation that the fire was deliberately set to cover up the P728-million fertilizer fund anomaly under investigation by the Senate.

Budget Secretary Romulo Neri denied any cover-up and claimed no controversial files were destroyed in the fire that hit a computer server room of the DBM.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1546295 [AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle and Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238467 [Title] => Landbank allots 60% of loanable funds to agri [Summary] => The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) will expand its loan portfolio for agriculture this year to 60 percent of loanable funds as the bank intensifies its thrust to allocate more funds to various agriculture enterprises.

Landbank president and chief executive officer Gary V. Teves said the bank’s loans to its priority clients, the agriculture-agrarian (agri-agra) sector, reached P64.3 billion in 2003, up 14.6 percent from P56.1 billion in the previous year. The 2003 amount represents 56 percent of the bank’s total loan portfolio.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176050 [Title] => Congressional body to review CARL [Summary] => The Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM) has decided to review the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) to assess its impact on farmers’ productivity and the national economy, Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr. said yesterday.

Magsaysay, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and COCOFM, said it is necessary to fine tune the CARL with appropriate amendments for its effective implementation.

The COCOFM unanimously adopted the resolution calling for CARL’s review in a recent en banc meeting.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158771 [Title] => GMA names Lorenzo as PhilRice chairman [Summary] => President Arroyo has appointed presidential adviser on one million jobs Luis Lorenzo Jr. as chairman of the board of trustees of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

Lorenzo’s appointment comes on the heels of Executive Order No. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
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                    [ArticleID] => 1308670
                    [Title] => Infrastructure spending up 45.1 pct in Jan.
                    [Summary] => 

The government's infrastructure spending jumped by 45.1 percent on year to P23.8 billion ($531.41 million) in January, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said today.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-03 23:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 573118 [Title] => Alma Party-list advocates benefits for students, farmers and fishermen [Summary] =>

The Alma Party-list group,number 71,stands out among the rest because of its advocacies that benefit a wide sector of society.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 418636 [Title] => Senate under Enrile endorses Palace budget version of P1.4 T [Summary] => The Senate finance committee endorsed yesterday Malacañang’s version of the P1. [DatePublished] => 2008-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 399063 [Title] => Palace releases P2.6-B 'pork' [Summary] =>

Malacañang has released P2.6 billion in pork barrel funds, including P615 million for congressmen and an undisclosed amount for senators.

 

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 14104 [Title] => BSP okays $20-M US PL 480 loan for AFMA budgetary support [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338206 [Title] => Senate slashes P31 B from ’06 budget [Summary] => The Senate committee on finance has recommended a P31.11 billion cut in the proposed P1.053 trillion 2006 national budget.

In a sponsorship speech delivered yesterday, committee chairman Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. said the Senate amendments came out with an increase of P4.43 billion but also a decrease of P35.54 billion, for a net budget cut of P31.11 billion.

Included in the P31.11 billion trimmed from the General Appropriations Bill was the P13.1 billion allocation for the increase in the allowances of government employees.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304223 [Title] => Fire hits DBM building; officials say no fund scam cover-up [Summary] => An hour-long fire hit the office of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) near Malacañang in Manila early yesterday morning, triggering speculation that the fire was deliberately set to cover up the P728-million fertilizer fund anomaly under investigation by the Senate.

Budget Secretary Romulo Neri denied any cover-up and claimed no controversial files were destroyed in the fire that hit a computer server room of the DBM.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1546295 [AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle and Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238467 [Title] => Landbank allots 60% of loanable funds to agri [Summary] => The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) will expand its loan portfolio for agriculture this year to 60 percent of loanable funds as the bank intensifies its thrust to allocate more funds to various agriculture enterprises.

Landbank president and chief executive officer Gary V. Teves said the bank’s loans to its priority clients, the agriculture-agrarian (agri-agra) sector, reached P64.3 billion in 2003, up 14.6 percent from P56.1 billion in the previous year. The 2003 amount represents 56 percent of the bank’s total loan portfolio.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176050 [Title] => Congressional body to review CARL [Summary] => The Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM) has decided to review the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) to assess its impact on farmers’ productivity and the national economy, Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr. said yesterday.

Magsaysay, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and COCOFM, said it is necessary to fine tune the CARL with appropriate amendments for its effective implementation.

The COCOFM unanimously adopted the resolution calling for CARL’s review in a recent en banc meeting.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158771 [Title] => GMA names Lorenzo as PhilRice chairman [Summary] => President Arroyo has appointed presidential adviser on one million jobs Luis Lorenzo Jr. as chairman of the board of trustees of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

Lorenzo’s appointment comes on the heels of Executive Order No. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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