Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) ♕– Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III signed a national budget of 3,002 billion peso (63 billion USD) for 2016 on December 22.
The 2016 budget is the largest in the Philippines’s history and is 15.2 percent higher than the 2,606 billion peso (55 billion USD) sum in 2015.
According to the President, the budget for infrastructure will account for 5 percent of the country’s GDP, 1 percent higher than the 2015 rate.
The large portion of the budget will be spent on social services, with 1,106 billion peso (23 billion USD), followed by economic services, including infrastructure, agriculture, transportation and telecommunication, with 829.6 billion peso (17 billion USD).
In 2016, the Government plans a record spending of 25 billion peso (528.3 million USD) to purchase destroyers and surveillance planes to improve its monitoring of marine boundary.
The draft national budget for 2016 was approved by the parliament on December 17.-VNA
The Philippines’ troops said on December 15 at least 13 Abu Sayyaf insurgents were killed while the government army had two lost and ten injured in a fighting in Basilan province, South Philippines.
The Philippines will continue to ensure the effectiveness of its participation in ASEAN-led activities, the country’s Ambassador to Vietnam Jerril G. Santos told the Vietnam News Agency in a interview
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Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered the urgent implementation of a national policy to crack down on all forms of call centre scams, online fraud, and illegal gambling, which are now considered threats to national security.
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and EAEU Trade Minister Andrey Slepnev jointly declared the conclusion of FTA talks on the sidelines of the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025), according to the statement.
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Organised by the Ministry of Culture and the Association of Thai Silk & Culture Promotions, the event honors Her Majesty the Queen on her 47th birthday anniversary and promotes Thai craftsmanship on an international stage.
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The lab focuses on four key thematic areas: energy transition and green innovation, sustainable agriculture, circular economy and sustainable cities, and nature-based solutions and biodiversity.
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This follows Telegram’s serious failure to address the content that has been repeatedly reported to them, despite various efforts of negotiation and cooperation made by MCMC, it said.
Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III (Photo: AFP/VNA)
