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The Government will ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling expanding local government units’ (LGUs) share of the national government’s revenue, saying that the 2019 budget priorities have been set. Budget Secretary Benjamin E.
Outgoing Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian on 25 Jul 18, exuded confidence that the highest slab of 28% tax under GST would be “virtually a hollow shell” over the 2018-2019 period, or so. The all-powerful
Bank Indonesia (BI) has projected the 2018 current account deficit to hit USD25bn, a significant increase over 2017’s USD17.53bn or 1.73% of GDP. BI senior deputy governor Mirza Adityaswara said that, despite the change in
As the nation waited for President Duterte to deliver his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on 23 Jul 18, a power play broke out at the House of Representatives and ended with Speaker
West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Governor Muhammad Zainul Majdi, also known as Tuan Guru Bajang (TGB), has resigned from the Democratic Party a few weeks after declaring his support for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. He said
