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                    [Title] => Government pursues MRT-3 takeover
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The government is still planning to buy out private investors in Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3), the rail line along Edsa, to allow it to completely take over and manage the facility.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-18 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1338507 [Title] => Aquino's 1-day Japan trip costs P8.8M [Summary] =>

The government spent about P8.8 million for President Benigno Aquino III's working visit to Japan on Tuesday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-24 16:26:28 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140624/Aquino-arrives-japan-state-visit.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1248392 [Title] => Palace insists Malampaya funds intact [Summary] =>

Regardless of accounting complexities, the Malampaya Fund is still whole and intact, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img42/5205/2o6v.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 835531 [Title] => 2013's P2.006-T budget to sustain Phl growth [Summary] =>

With the 6.4 percent growth of the Philippine economy under the Aquino administration, economic managers and senators agreed on Monday that there is still a need to address further infrastructure development and human capital issues to ensure that economic growth is sustained in the next few years.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-06 16:38:30 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 833684 [Title] => House opens hearings on P2-T 2013 budget [Summary] =>

The House committee on appropriations opens public hearings today on President Aquino’s proposed P2-trillion national budget for next year.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 768101 [Title] => Budget deficit seen hitting P250B this yr [Summary] =>

The government’s budget deficit is expected to hit P250 billion this year, below the revised official estimate of P286 billion or two percent of gross domestic product because of lackluster state spending, former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said yesterday .

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 765240 [Title] => Incapacitated [Summary] =>

The number of dead and missing in the Pantukan, Compostela landslide continues to climb.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 624414 [Title] => S&P review team to assess RP fiscal situation [Summary] =>

A review team from Standard & Poor’s met yesterday with Finance officials to assess the government’s fiscal situation and discuss the plans of the Aquino administration in addressing a widening budget gap.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 612495 [Title] => High growth pattern to continue despite scandals, says GMA ally [Summary] =>

The economy will continue to grow at a fast rate despite the scandals and controversies hounding the less than two-month-old Aquino administration, a congressman-ally of former president Gloria Arroyo said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 597311 [Title] => RP to lose US financial support against human trafficking [Summary] =>

The government is running the risk of losing the US government's financial support worth $250 million to sustain the battle against human trafficking, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima disclosed today.

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