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...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)’s "timely release" of P1.4 billion for the continued implementation of the "libreng sakay" or free rides program until the end of December 2022. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay...
With just under two weeks left before the start of the school year 2022-2023, ACT-Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro wants the 19th Congress to hurry up and fast track the adoption of a House Resolution allocating a P32-billion budget for the safe reopening of schools. Students at Cabacanan...
1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero has filed a measure in the 19th Congress that seeks to increase funding for the Department of Agriculture (DA), which incidentally is headed by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero (left) and President Ferdinand...
Authorities confiscated some P1.496 billion worth of shabu in a buy-bust in Cavite which happened an hour after the anti-illegal drug operation in Quezon City where over P272 million worth of shabu were seized. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) spokesperson Derrick Carreon said another...
President-elect Bongbong Marcos wants to increase the P10-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), which is a key component of Republic Act (RA) No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Bureau) This, as Marcos prepares to face a looming...
Around P10 billion is needed to lease about 100,000 vote-counting machines (VCMs), former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) During a television interview on Thursday, June 2, Garcia...
Vice president-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio lauded on Thursday, June 2, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for the destruction of P14,292,230.591 billion worth of dangerous drugs, the highest ever destructed contraband in the country. Held at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) in...
The government's aggressive drug war since July 2016 resulted in the confiscation of a total of P89.29 billion worth of illegal drugs. In its latest ‘#RealNumbers’ report, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) disclosed that. total of 11,843.41 kgs. of shabu valued at P76.55 billion...
Party-list group Bayan Muna has filed a resolution initiating a probe into the P203-billion alleged unpaid estate tax of Marcos heirs, to be led by the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability. Members of the group PRIMO ISKO staged a protest rally in front of the Bureau of...
Former Senate President and known Marcos ally Juan Ponce Enrile claims that the P203-billion estate tax issue against the Marcos family is politically-charged especially with Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.'s participation in the Palace race. Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile...
Former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano led the filing Thursday, March 31 of a bill that would institutionalize his earlier proposal of requiring different government agencies to set aside five percent in budgetary savings for the proverbial "rainy days". (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
