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Private health providers still dominate market

By Ted P. Torres | August 26, 2014 - 12:00am

Social health insurance grew the fastest though private health provider still controlled the biggest share of health insurance in the Philippines in 2012.

Banking

DAP and its implications – The public expenditure system is broken

By Gerardo P. Sicat | July 23, 2014 - 12:00am

The recent overflow of discussion concerning DAP (disbursement acceleration program) of the government which the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional highlights for me two major issues.

Business

University of the Philippines and the nation

By Gerardo P. Sicat | April 30, 2014 - 12:00am

Last Sunday was graduation day at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman.

Business

Construction investments rise to P517.2 B in 2012

By Ted P. Torres | August 11, 2013 - 12:00am

Investments in construction across the country reached P517.2 billion in 2012, 15.1 percent higher than the 2011 level of P449.4 billion, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB).

Business

Meralco sets P12-B capex

By Ted P. Torres | April 25, 2012 - 12:00am

The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has set a capital expenditure (capex) budget of P11.889 billion, and it may have to tap the capital markets to fund its spending requirements.

Business

Return allowances, Pampanga officials, employees asked

By Michael Punongbayan | December 20, 2011 - 12:00am

The Commission on Audit (COA) has called on officials and employees of the provincial government of Pampanga to return over P34.4 million in unauthorized financial benefits they received last year.

Nation

Quality and quantity of government spending: Education and public health

By Gerardo P. Sicat | March 9, 2011 - 12:00am

Government spending on social and economic services is important to economic development.

Business

High healthcare costs burden most Filipinos, says NSCB

By Iris Gonzales | August 15, 2010 - 12:00am

The high cost of health care in the country remains a burden for many Filipinos as seen in the decelerating growth rates of their health spending.

Business

RP fiscal deficit up 124% in July

August 19, 2009 - 2:15pm

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- The fiscal deficit of the Philippine government hit P34.6 billion (about $716 million) in July, up 124.4 percent on year, as declining revenues can barely finance the government's...

Surviving on a tight healthcare budget

By Michael Dar Santos | September 7, 2006 - 12:00am

The national budget allocation to improve the health condition of 80 million Filipinos has been the subject of dispute in Congress. While this year’s proposed P10.6-billion budget for the Department of Health...

Science and Environment