DOF Secretary Benjamin Diokno The value-added tax (VAT) being imposed in the Philippines is "under review". Thus, bared Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno before the House Committee on Appropriations Thursday, Aug. 10, on the first day of...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The service provider tapped by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) only managed to produce 36 million physical national identification cards (ID), roughly a third of its target of 92 million. House Committee on Appropriations Senior Vice...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. recognized that the government must do more in the next five years to sustain its initial gains to attain effective and transformative development initiatives. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) Marcos said this in his 2024...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (left), and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Facebook, PPAB) Administration critic, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said Friday, Aug. 4 that the huge confidential and intelligence funds in the 2024 National Expenditure...
Confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) under the proposed P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 increased by P120 million, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Thursday, Aug. 3. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (RTVM screenshot) Budget Secretary Amenah...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Cash assistance or "ayuda" programs of the national government will continue to get funded under the 2024 National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed national budget. This, despite President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s lifting of the country’s state of public emergency...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) won't have any immediate impact on the 2024 national budget, but that may not be the case in subsequent years particularly in the funding of major infrastructure projects. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman...
House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-List Rep. Marcelino Libanan highlighted on Thursday, Aug. 3 the additional P1 billion in compensation funds meant for the victims of the 2017 Marawi siege. “There is another P1 billion...
From left to right: House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan, DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and Committee on Appropriations Chairman Zaldy Co. (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives officially received the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Contributed photo) Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo has revealed the target dates in connection with the House of Representatives' upcoming deliberations on the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024. Quimbo is the senior vice...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 is tailor-made to boost the production of the local agriculture sector, among other things. House Speaker Martin Romualdez made this observation Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 2, the same day that the Department...
Confidential and intelligence funds in the proposed P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 amount to P9.2 billion, with the lion's share sought by the Office of the President (OP). This was bared by Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman...
