Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has urged lawmakers to ensure that the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 would “leave no Filipino behind” and ultimately benefit them and the entire country. Cayetano made the call a day after the Senate and House of Representatives kicked off the bicameral...
The House leadership is confident that the Senate will agree to the former's P77-billion institutional amendments to the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023, saying this would augment funds for education, health, transportation and other critical social services. House Speaker Martin...
Timing is everything, even when it comes to legislation. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda Economist-solon Joey Sarte Salceda used the occasion of the 77th Annual National Convention of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) in Cebu City to explain why the proposed Ease...
After their successful stint in the global 3X3 stage, the Zamboanga Valientes will be testing the Southeast Asian waters in 5-on-5 play when they compete in the Asean Basketball League (ABL) Invitational Tournament Series 2023 starting January 2. Zamboanga Valientes Team owner Rolando "Junnie"...
Senators are in agreement that the country’s health workers deserve to receive a higher salary and be paid their benefits for their role in the government’s COVID-19 pandemic response. But lawmakers cannot say if the government has sufficient funds to agree to their demands of a monthly minimum...
DepED / MB Visual Content Group The Department of Education (DepED) underscored the important role and contribution of Filipino youth to nation-building in this year’s celebration of National Students' Day (NSD). DepED Acting Secretary of Youth Affairs and Special Concerns Dexter A. Galban said...
The bicameral conference committee on Friday, November started tackling the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 of the Marcos administration, including the proposals for the realignment of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), that are lodged under the Office of the Vice President (OVP)...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Thursday, Nov. 24 warned the Executive branch that it would chop off the controversial confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the 2024 national budget if there is mismanagement in the 2023 national budget. ‘’Let me reiterate my position when...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Thursday said he expressed his reservation on the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 which the Senate unanimously approved on Wednesday night, November 23. Although he still voted for the approval of House Bill No. 4488, or the...
A group of education workers on Thursday, Nov. 24, lauded the move of the Senate to rechannel millions in confidential funds to other items in its approved version of the 2023 budget. Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) staged a picket protest in front of the House of...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Wednesday, Nov. 23, released the licensure examination schedule for 2023. PRC / MANILA BULLETIN Here are the following dates of major board exams for the year 2023: - Licensure Exam for Teachers - March 26, 2023, and Sept. 24, 2023 - Criminology...
Voting 21-0-0, the Senate has approved its version of the P5.268-trillion national budget—the first of the Marcos administration’s appropriations measure—on third and final reading. Both the Senate and House of Representatives will now take up the 2023 budget measure at the bicameral...
