Marikina City 2nd district congresswoman and appropriations panel senior vice chairperson Stella Quimbo doesn't sound worried at all about the country's debt servicing chores. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, even as the Philippines has...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez wants to restore the budget cuts made to the University of the Philippines (UP) System and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Under the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was true to his word. Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) That's how Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga described the significant budgetary increase that the executive branch has asked for the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says the lower chamber aims to pass the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 on third and final reading by the end of next month. From left to right: DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman. Speaker Martin Romualdez. Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe, and...
The Office of the President (OP) under President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is seeking confidential and intelligence funds worth P4.5 billion for next year. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. This was learned by House of Representatives reporters Monday, Aug. 22, the same day that the...
The biggest problem when it comes to the national budget is spending it properly. Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) This was the gist of House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto's statement Monday, Aug. 22, which he gave on the same day that the lower chamber received the...
A P10-billion budget has been proposed to fund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) Barangay Development Program under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP). The Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in its briefing at the House of Representatives...
Following the turnover of the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to the House of Representatives, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman explained the huge increase made to the proposed 2023 agriculture sector budget. DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Photo from...
The proposed budget for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for 2023 has been increased by P7.9 billion to P115.6 billion. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) This was learned Monday, Aug. 22 following the Department of Budget and Management's (DBM) submission of the 2023 National Expenditure...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has submitted for deliberation the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to the House of Representatives in a turnover ceremony on Monday, Aug. 22. DBM Secretary Pangandaman (left) turns over the 2023 NEP to Speaker Romualdez (Photo from Speaker...
With budget season in the House of Representatives about to start, an important question arises: Will President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., who is temporarily holding the position of Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary, be required to attend the budget hearing for the agency? President...
The budget season official starts on Monday, Aug. 22 at the House of Representatives as the 311-strong chamber is set to receive the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for the year 2023. Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's office) The proposed national budget from the executive branch, dubbed...
