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                    [ArticleID] => 1361634
                    [Title] => Private health providers still dominate market
                    [Summary] => 

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

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1349168 [Title] => DAP and its implications – The public expenditure system is broken [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133940 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336383 [AuthorName] => Gerardo P. Sicat [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1317565 [Title] => University of the Philippines and the nation [Summary] =>

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

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133940 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336383 [AuthorName] => Gerardo P. Sicat [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1075851 [Title] => Construction investments rise to P517.2 B in 2012 [Summary] =>

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).

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 800000 [Title] => Meralco sets P12-B capex [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 759826 [Title] => Return allowances, Pampanga officials, employees asked [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 663977 [Title] => Quality and quantity of government spending: Education and public health [Summary] =>

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

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133936 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336383 [AuthorName] => Gerardo P. Sicat [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 602403 [Title] => High healthcare costs burden most Filipinos, says NSCB [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 497053 [Title] => RP fiscal deficit up 124% in July [Summary] =>

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 stimulus program, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said today.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-19 14:15:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 356822 [Title] => Surviving on a tight healthcare budget [Summary] => 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 (DOH) is higher than the previous year’s budget, it is still inadequate to meet the requirements of the country’s health sector. Compared with the budgets of other agencies of the government, the proposed health budget is considered measly.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1516158 [AuthorName] => Michael Dar Santos [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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