The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Wednesday, July 14, called out the Commission on Audit (COA) as well as other media reports pointing out its “low utilization rate” of the Bayanihan 2 funds. CHED Chairperson Popoy De Vera (Photo from CHED) “The media reports, and for that matter...
A speedy release and spending of government appropriations could boost the Philippines' credit outlook, senators said on Tuesday, July 13. Senate of the Philippines (Senate PRIB) Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the downgrading of the Philippines' credit outlook to negative was...
To promote active transportation in the country, the government this month completed 497 kilometers (kms) of pavement markings, physical separators and road signages in the National Capital Region, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao under the P1.09 Billion Bayanihan Bike Lane Networks project....
A students' group on Sunday, July 11, hit the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for only spending half of its funds allocated under the Bayanihan 2 for online learning. (UNSPLASH) Citing a recent report from the Commission on Audit, the National Union of Students of the Philippines said P3...
Malacañang is waiting for the report from line agencies to determine the amount of unspent funds under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2), which expired on June 30. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the Bayanihan 2 funds were released to line agencies, but they were given...
Partylist lawmakers have proposed a congressional inquiry into the failure of government to spend Bayanihan 2 funds notwitstanding the urgency of the implementation of programs to be financed by the allocation. Deputy Speaker Eddie Villanueva and fellow CIBAC Partylist Rep. Domeng Rivera filed...
Vice President Leni Robredo can only wonder what she could have done if she had access to the P18.4-billion unspent funds under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2), which expired on June 30. Vice President Leni Robredo (FEDERICO CRUZ / MANILA BULLETIN The unused portion of the fund,...
The unutilized P18 billion funds under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) is "crucial" for poor Filipinos in the face of the economic crisis brought about by the pandemic and the government's "insufficient" response, militant fisher's group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya...
The Department of Education (DepEd) said Sunday, July 4, that around 90 percent of the P4.35 billion funds under Bayanihan 2 Law for distance learning have already been “successfully obligated and disbursed”. Department of Education (Photo from DepEd Facebook Page) DepEd issued a statement...
Ride-hailing firm Grab Philippines has launched a new initiative in a bid to support the government's mass vaccination efforts against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from Grab Philippines) Grab Philippines Country Head Grace Vera-Cruz said the company, through its GrabCar Bayanihan...
A group on Thursday, July 1, slammed the Department of Education (DepEd) for its “failure to obligate” some P1.744 billion “Bayanihan 2” allotment for distance learning needs. (Photo from DepEd) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines expressed disappointment over DepEd’s...
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday, July 1 assured that benefits and other provisions for health care workers and frontliners in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic will continue despite the expiration of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 last June 30. Angara, who chairs the...
