Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Ranking congressmen told impeached Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, May 1 to once and for all address the very specific allegations against her instead of continuing to make sweeping allegations...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A P40.5-billion fund has been set aside by Congress (House of Representatives and the Senate) to cover the tuition of underprivileged students enrolled in private high schools, Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo bared...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Friday, March 7, felt bad as there were people criticizing Congress for the allocations it made under the 2025 national budget. He says endeavors such as the upcoming Estancia-Manlot-Calagna-an-Sicogon submarine cable power interconnection project in...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Two House leaders have guaranteed the lower chamber's compliance with the Supreme Court's (SC) request for a copy of the enrolled bill containing the 2025...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has defended as justifiable the three consecutive years that the Marcos administration spent beyond its annual budget, as it claimed additional spending was covered by loans or excess revenue, not by increasing the fiscal deficit. DBM Secretary Amenah...
The Marcos administration exceeded its programmed allocations by over half a trillion pesos in 2024, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Preliminary data from the DBM showed that releases from last year’s budget breached the ₱6-trillion mark as it hit ₱6.37...
Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (PPAB) House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe poked holes into the falsification of public documents charge that were filed against him, Speaker Martin...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook, PPAB) Administration critics shouldn't use House Speaker Martin Romualdez as a cover up for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. Thus, said House...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman emphasized her commitment to making the country’s budget process more transparent amid calls from civil society and business groups. In a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 6, Pangandaman recalled that the DBM launched last...
The country’s leading business groups are calling for sweeping reforms in the national budget process to ensure that long-term economic stability is prioritized amid controversies surrounding this year’s budget. In a joint statement on Wednesday, Feb. 5, published on Makati Business Club’s...
Amid criticisms against the enacted budget of 2025, President Marcos urged public officials, who graduated from the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), to help his administration ensure that the budget given to the offices they belong to is spent wisely. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (left), Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Davao del Norte 1st district congressman and former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said the P6.352-trillion General...
