Law enforcers arrested eight individuals who allegedly tried to swindle some P1 billion from a contractor of an infrastructure project, claiming themselves to be employees of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). During an entrapment operation in Mandaluyong City on March 26, agents from...
Around P1 billion of funding has been approved for providing power supply to public schools that do not have electricity. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released a total of P1.295 billion of special allotment release order (SARO) to the Department of Education (DepEd) to cover...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved additional 673 permanent faculty positions across the nine campuses of the Mindanao State University (MSU). Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the addition of job positions will boost the productivity of the university, which saw...
The Marcos administration has already spent 98 percent, or P5.41 trillion, out of the P5.54-trillion adjusted full-year program as of end-November this year on the back of more spending, according to Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman. This was higher by 4.2 percent...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has given the go-ahead for P12.26 billion to be used for constructing residential buildings for informal settlers and providing housing assistance to calamity victims. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DBM approved the...
The Philippines drew praises for being a model of open government at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit held in Tallin, Estonia last Sept. 6. Partners in Open Government. Open Government Partnership (OGP) CEO Sanjay Pradhan meets with Philippine OGP (PH-OGP) Chairman Amenah...
Some 920,000 public school teachers may soon receive their delayed Performance-Based Bonus (PBB), the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Thursday, Sept. 14. A total of P11.6 billion for the Fiscal Year 2021 PBB was released by the DBM for personnel in public elementary and secondary...
BEYOND BUDGET *Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.* When I was given the honor to serve our country as budget secretary, I already knew my “why.” It was to make a positive difference and push for fiscal reforms through policies and action. Recently, I wrote about how an open...
Government spending is vital to national growth. It is one of the four components of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The other three are consumer spending, business investment, and net exports. In the past two years, Statista reports that the ratio of government expenditure to GDP in the past three...
BEYOND BUDGET *As-salamu alaykum!* Philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand once said, “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” One thing the pandemic-induced health crisis and economic slowdown had magnified, is that survival depends on how...
In a government agency or a local government unit (LGU), there are workers who are under a contract of service (COS) or a job order (JO) scheme. Though they are not classified as “regular” workers, their services are vital and needed to ensure that the government’s programs, projects, and...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) confirmed on Monday, November 14 that more or less 1.7 million government workers will receive their year-end bonus beginning November 15. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This was according to Commissioner Aileen Lizada, she also confirmed that the...
