THE cabinet-level Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) will convene in a “special meeting” early next month to review its macroeconomic assumptions and fiscal targets through 2028, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said. “I think we scheduled it sometime in November,” Ms.

By Sheldeen Joy Talavera, Reporter BUILDING small modular reactors (SMRs) and micro modular reactors (MMRs) will help produce a more “distributed” power generation strategy as opposed to investing in large, expensive facilities, an analyst said. “If the Philippines adds nuclear power to

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASTHE World Bank (WB) said it returned a “satisfactory” rating on progress made by the Department of Agriculture in enhancing farmer and fisherfolk market access.The government borrowed $600 million from the World Bank for the Rural Development

Students answer test questions at a state high school in Manila. — REUTERSTHE Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (Philexport) cited the need to support the expansion of the micro, small and medium enterprises and to resolve the education crisis to sustain

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