By DERCO ROSAL The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is confident that the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 will be signed into law by the president before Christmas. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said she is confident about the timely enactment of the General...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is seeking an additional budget of P10 billion for the rural electrification program of the National Electrification Administration (NEA)...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero (Escudero's Facebook page) Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero expects the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or national budget to be approved either by the first or second week of...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Left) and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Screenshot from Facebook live) “We agreed to disagree, and all’s well that ends well.” This was Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin’s bookend...
The Senate is ready to receive the copy of the version of the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 which the House of Representatives has approved. Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, made this assurance on Thursday, Sept. 26, after the House...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero and House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, September 25, said they are confident that Congress would be able to pass the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 on time. Escudero and Romualdez made the assurance during a...
President Marcos is expected to sign the 2025 national budget before Christmas this year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (File Photo courtesy of Malacañang) In a Palace briefing on Wednesday, Sept. 25, House Speaker Martin Romualdez stated that it is the goal after Marcos certified as...
President Marcos has certified the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) as an urgent measure, allowing lawmakers to expedite the passage of the P6.352-trillion national budget on the second and third reading on the same day. File photos Acting Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez confirmed that...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has terminated the 2025 budget debates for the Department of Finance (DOF), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and the...
(Left) Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Facebook) Leaders of the Committee on Appropriations have called on their colleagues in the House of Representatives to prioritize the immediate passage of...
The Senate is committed to ensure the passage of the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 despite the on-going investigations of the Upper Chamber into issues that are of national interest. Escudero said that even as several committees of the Senate are in the thick of...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said he is hoping that the impasse between the House of Representatives and Vice President Sara Duterte will end soon in a more favorable note. This, after the House of Representatives committee on appropriations recommended slashing the proposed...
