Nearly 1/3 of P5.3-T nat’l budget to pay for debts

Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.     Nearly 1/3 of P5.3-T nat’l budget to pay for debts The House of Representatives on Monday received the P5.268-trillion proposed budget of the Marcos administration for 2023, nearly a third of which will be used to repay the government’s debt swollen by massive loans used to address the COVID-19 pandemic.     Inquirer Plus offers FREE 30 day trial   COVID-19 cases down for first time since June Daily COVID-19 cases dropped for the first time since figures started going up in June although the number of deaths climbed to their highest since May, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday.   SIGNS OF OUR TIMES Reminders on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are posted on classrooms at Aurora Quezon Elementary School in San Andres, Manila, following the resumption of in-person classes on Monday after two years of health and mobility restrictions due to the pandemic. —RICHARD A. REYES   After back-to-back rollbacks, oil companies raise pump prices After implementing a rollback for two straight weeks, oil companies will raise the prices of petroleum products effective on Tuesday.   FREE   Opinion: A continuing embarrassment Not only is De Lima’s detention on trumped-up charges a miscarriage of justice; it is now a continuing embarrassment for the Marcos Jr. administration that merely inherited this case of political persecution from the Duterte administration.          © 2022 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe