The House of Representatives has released details of its revised schedule of per agency hearings on the P7.2-trillion 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed national budget. This, even as House Committee on Appropriations Chairperson Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela "Mika"...
House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Bojie" Dy III gave a somber yet resolute take on the deadly shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City on Monday, Aug. 18. Dy viewed the tragic incident not just as a lawmaker, but also as a family man. "Nakikiramay po tayo nang...
Ranking congressmen have begun to espouse various actions in response to the shocking, livestreamed shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Tuesday morning, Aug. 18 that left two students dead. Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said in a press...
The Habagat-strengthened rains have forced the House of Representatives to reconfigure its schedule for the deliberations on the P7.2-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2027. An advisory from Secretary General Cheloy Garafil on Monday night, Aug. 17 bared that the Committee on...
The 2027 national budget comes at an awkward moment: growth is slowing, borrowing costs are rising, and the next election is close enough to concentrate political minds. For lawmakers seeking office in 2028, the 2027 budget matters most. The question is simple but consequential: can Congress resist...
House Committee on Appropriations Chairperson Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela "Mika" Suansing has vowed to continue the implementation of pro-transparency reforms in the deliberations of the 2027 national budget. Suansing had this to say Monday, Aug. 17 during the start of the...
TRABAHO Party-List Rep. Johanne Bautista and Albay 2nd district Rep. Carlos Loria were elected chairperson of the Committee on Social Services and chairperson of the Special Committee on Persons with Disability, respectively, as part of the ongoing reshuffle of leadership posts in the House of...
The House of Representatives is out to accomplish two things as it begins to tackle the P7.2-trillion 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed national budget on Monday, Aug. 17. One, to approve next year 's spending plan in a timely and transparent manner; and second, to do so...
House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Bojie" Dy III highlighted the positive impact to education that House Bill (HB) No. 9532, or the proposed “Universal Access to Digital Academic Learning Resources Act" could potentially bring. This, as Dy welcomed the recent passage of the measure...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Kim Robert de Leon said on Tuesday, Aug. 11 that the sheer necessity of flood control projects led to the restoration of these items in the country 's spending plan, specifically in the P7.2-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP)...
The House of Representatives has set a tight 53-day timetable for the tackling and passage of the proposed P7.2-trillion 2027 national budget, using the just-submitted National Expenditure Program (NEP) as basis. Committee on Appropriations Chairperson Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela...
Camarines Sur Reps. Migz Villafuerte (2nd district) and Luigi Villafuerte (5th district) are upbeat over the imminent establishment of the proposed National Cybersecurity Agency (NCSA) under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). This, after the recent approval by the...
