Budget reform will remain the top priority of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), newly designated Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said. During the turn-over ceremony of the DBM baton of leadership from Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Tina Rose Marie Canda at the department headquarters in...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Monday, June 13, asked government agencies to revisit their budget proposals for next year. In a statement, DBM said the budget revaluation aims to ensure the efficient use of the government's limited resources and to provide additional fiscal space...
The next chief of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) wants to revisit the first full-year budget that the incoming administration of Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will submit to Congress. Incoming Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said that the DBM staff will reconvene to go over the...
House Ways and Means Committee chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has vowed to push for the Budget Reform Act in the upcoming 19th Congress. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) “I will refile the bill, hopefully with enhancements from the incoming finance and budget...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Assistant Governor Amenah F. Pangandaman has accepted the invitation from President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to serve as the new administration’s Department of Budget and Management (DBM) secretary. In a statement on Monday, May 30, Pangandaman has pledged...
Presumptive President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. would get P5.086 trillion national budget for 2023, almost a reenactment of the 2022 national budget of P5.024 trillion. The inter-agency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) approved on Tuesday, May 24, the proposed appropriations next...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released the sickness and death benefits to public and private healthcare workers (HCWs) who are involved in Covid-19 response this year. In a statement, the budget department said on Sunday, May 15, that it released P1.081 billion to the Department...
Infrastructure spending accelerated last year, but it was mainly driven by low base effect of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reported. Public spending on infrastructure and other capital outlays rose 31 percent to P895.1 billion in 2021 from P681.5...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P3 billion to fund the government’s fuel subsidies for the public utility vehicle (PUV) and the agriculture sector. DBM Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Tina Rose Marie L. Canda said on Thursday, March 10, that they released P2.5 billion...
DBM releases P7.9-B for HCW allowances By Chino S. Leyco The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released nearly P8 billion to the new compensation system that replaced the special risk allowances given to healthcare workers (HCWs) In a statement, the DBM said on Thursday, Feb. 17, that...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced that the national government has released another tranche of Special Risk Allowance (SRA) for public and private healthcare workers (HCWs). In a statement, the budget department said on Friday, Jan. 21, that an additional funding amounting to...
The domestic garment and textile industry has urged government to support companies that repurposed towards producing medical grade personal protective equipment (PPEs) , stockpiling of PPEs, and stop the importation of substandard PPEs, to help jobs recovery in the industry. Nurses in PPEs The...
