Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Saturday, May 23, said that the Senate 's current leadership must make sure the institution remains a model of transparency in crafting the national budget. Lacson, a watchdog of the national coffers, said this just two months before the executive submits the...
President Marcos’ newly appointed budget chief vowed a sweeping crackdown on fiscal leaks and corruption during his first official address on Wednesday, May 20, drawing a hard line against the repeat of recent infrastructure funding controversies that have plagued public infrastructure spending....
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last April 22, PAGASA officially raised the country’s status from El Niño Watch to El Niño Alert. But long before the announcement came out, many Filipinos were already feeling the changes themselves. The heat has become heavier these...
A Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer on Tuesday, May 19, testified before the Third Division of the Sandiganbayan that the insertion of projects through “errata” or proposed amendments had allegedly happened several times in the past. Engineer Gerald Longoria, of the DPWH...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. appointed former Undersecretary Kim Robert de Leon as the new Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management, charging the policy veteran with accelerating state spending to counter the slowing economy and an ongoing energy crisis. De Leon, who becomes the...
President Marcos has appointed Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Kim Robert de Leon as the country’s new Budget Secretary, making him the youngest person to head the agency. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro announced De Leon’s...
The Marcos administration’s infrastructure spending plunged by more than two-fifths in the first quarter, dealing a significant blow to state-led economic momentum as agencies tightened oversight following the high-profile corruption scandal. According to the latest national government...
More than a decade after the World Bank approved financing for the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project, the flagship urban transport initiative remains far from achieving its original objectives, with only a short section of the corridor substantially completed before the loan expires in...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said they have noted underspending while reviewing the progress of big-ticket programs implemented by government agencies. "There are spots of underspending,, and these must be resolved immediately," Recto said, following a meeting with key government agencies on...
More than 1.9 million government employees, including military and uniformed personnel, will receive their mid-year bonuses starting Friday, May 15, after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) began releasing the ₱73.5 billion allocated for the benefit. In a statement released on Friday,...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. When we hear of superheroes, we think of extraordinary beings with amazing power. But as they say, not all heroes wear capes. I believe the strongest superheroes are the quiet ones who show up every day, carry everyone else without making...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Some people enter your life by circumstance. And then some stay, not just in your memory, but in the work you continue to do long after they are gone. Joselito "Jojit" Basilio was that kind of person to me. I have often said this, and I...
