House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco hailed the lower chamber's passage on third and final reading of the P5.024-trillion proposed 2022 national budget on Thursday, September 30. House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco The House of Representatives made good on its self-imposed deadline for approving the 2022...
Heeding President Duterte's signal for its immediate passage, the House of Representatives on Thursday, September 30, passed on third and final reading the General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2022. House of Representatives (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The approval was made possible...
Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc have slammed anew the "huge'" confidential and intelligence funds of the Office of the President (OP) for 2022. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang file photo) During the House of Representative's plenary deliberation on the proposed 2022 budget on Thursday,...
Bayan Muna Party List Representative Carlos Zarate called for an increase in the social pension for elderly people on Thursday, September 30. Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate During the House of Representatives' deliberation on the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) proposed 2022...
The executive department has failed to set aside specific funds for mental health interventions in schools under the P5.024-trillion proposed 2022 national budget. Students share a tablet to attend their online class amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Manny Llanes/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) This was...
With P110 billion for 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) is focused in developing the country’s land-based rail system for high-capacity transport for goods and people. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade inspects the Lucena Station in Quezon Province, one of the 35 stations of the...
House Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda decried on Thursday, September 30, the low budget given to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) especially with the country still recovering from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Antique representatiive and House...
The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) that sits in a 54,000-hectare area in Sta. Ana, Cagayan was not able to generate income since last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Nevertheless, it continues to build...
Progressive labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno has urged lawmakers and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to prioritize the rights and welfare of workers in the agency’s budget amid the ongoing pandemic. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) KMU with other groups from the migrants and youth...
Probinsyano Ako Partylist Rep. Jose “Bonito” C. Singson Jr. on Tuesday, Sept. 28 sought an additional P7 billion or more for the Department of Labor and Employment on the eve of the plenary deliberations for the agency’s 2022 budget. F615A34A-3A3A-4640-B6B4-2FD7B5D43C7A Singson said the...
Members of the House of Representatives were united in pushing for an increase in the 2022 budget of the judiciary, after the executive department slashed its allocation. House of Representatives (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Bayan Muna Party List Representative Carlos Zarate...
Lawmakers from Mindanao have called on the leadership of the House of Representatives, as well as the executive department, to fund the operations of state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). House deputy speaker and Basilan...
