Tag: infra projects

ESCUDERO: CREATE INFRA PROJECT ‘NEGATIVE LIST’

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date September 3, 2025
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Senate President Chiz Escudero is urging Malacañang to draw up a “negative list” of infrastructure projects that cannot be funded under the 2026 national budget and should be vetoed outright by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. because these would only drain funds meant for essential programs. “Instead of waiting for questionable projects to slip into the […]

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MAHARLIKA FUND SEEN TO BOOST INFRA SANS NEW TAXES

Post author By Mario Sineneng
Post date July 19, 2023
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House Speaker Martin Romualdez welcomed the signing of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act, saying the MIF is intended to be an additional vehicle for financing big-ticket infrastructure projects without incurring more foreign debt or having to impose new taxes on our citizens.Romualdez, one of the principal authors of the House version of the MIF, […]

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