House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan says the 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) has a feature that could go a long way in nipping potential school violence in the bud. According to Libanan, the national government plans to spend P802 million next year to...
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"...
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...
A vice chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations has assured the Office of the Vice President (OVP) of courtesy and respect once it takes up the agency 's budget under the P7.2-trillion 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP). This, despite the ongoing Senate impeachment trial where 11...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, August 16, said the Senate is strongly committed to conducting a timely, transparent, accountability-driven process to scrutinize the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027. Despite running a busy schedule with an impeachment trial on the...
President Marcos expressed confidence that the government would catch up with and surpass last year’s level of public spending by the fourth quarter of 2026, with faster expenditures expected to support economic growth. Speaking at the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP)...
No last-minute insertions or amendments will be allowed once the Senate and House of Representatives convene for the bicameral conference committee on the proposed 2027 national budget, Senate Finance Committee chief Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said. Ejercito made this assurance after...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, August 11 formally received the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027. The copy of the National Expenditure Program (NEP) was formally received by Gatchalian during a ceremonial turnover at the Senate, together with Finance Committee...
The proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for next year represents a prudent and forward-looking investment aimed at sustaining the country 's economic growth, President Marcos said. In his budget message, Marcos said the proposed 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP), which was submitted...
The government will formally submit to Congress on Tuesday, Aug. 11, the proposed P7.2-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2027, setting in motion the next stage of the national budget process, Malacañang said Monday. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire...
