BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. It’s the budget season once more. For those unfamiliar with the national budgeting process, this involves four distinct yet overlapping phases: budget preparation, budget legislation, budget execution, and budget...
Malacañang assured the public that the government would be transparent in using the country's coffers amid challenges to the constitutionality of the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA). Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin (Malacañang photo) In a statement, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin...
Amid criticisms against the enacted budget of 2025, President Marcos urged public officials, who graduated from the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), to help his administration ensure that the budget given to the offices they belong to is spent wisely. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
Following the below-target economic expansion in 2024, President Marcos’ chief economic manager expressed confidence in the 2025 national budget, serving as the administration’s protection against risks. “The P6.326 trillion national budget for 2025 is the government’s most powerful...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (PPAB) The urgency to enact the national budget on time justifies not having lawmakers ratify corrections to the bicam report just before the budget measure gets signed by the President. Marikina...
President Marcos is convinced that there were no blank items in the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), saying he has reviewed the law front to back and did not find any. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as he graced the 20th National Convention of...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last Dec. 30, 2024, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM) signed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) but at the same time, used his Constitutional power to veto line items not aligned with our Medium-Term Fiscal...
La Union 1st district Rep. Francisco Paolo Ortega V (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The move to question the P6.352-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2025 before the Supreme Court (SC) is a deliberate attempt to...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (left), Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Davao del Norte 1st district congressman and former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said the P6.352-trillion General...
Malacañang stayed tight-lipped over a petition lodged before the Supreme Court against the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), saying it is "too soon to comment" about the matter. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said it was too early to comment on the...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The P6.352-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) or national budget for 2025 is complete and lawful, House Committee on Appropriations Senior Vice Chairperson...
Malacañang is confident that the Supreme Court (SC) would not nullify the P6.235-trillion 2025 national budget, citing the need for the government to function. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said this amid looming constitutional challenges to the 2025 national budget following allegations of...
