The percentage of household electrification rate or the number of houses with access to electricity has decreased across the country, officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) told senators on Friday, September 29. According to Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, the number of households...
China’s intent to control the South China Sea is undeniable, Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro said on Wednesday, September 27. Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto “Gibo” C. Teodoro Jr. presented the agency’s proposed P229.9-billion budget...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now investigating reports of a religious cult supposedly collecting the cash grant of its members who are part of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Secretary Rex Gatchalian defends the proposed P207.37-billion...
The Senate subcommittee on finance has approved the proposed budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) for 2024. The DMW has proposed a P15.542-billion appropriation for next year. Of the amount, P11.9-billion would be allocated to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration...
The Senate Committee on Finance has approved the proposed budgets of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) and the National Security Agency for next year. NICA has a proposed budget of P1.432-billion under the National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024, higher than its...
The Senate Committee on Finance on Monday, September 4 approved the proposed P2.3-billion budget of the Office of the Vice President for 2024, including its controversial P500-million proposed allocation for confidential and intelligence funds. Vice President Sara Duterte attends the Senate...
Voting 21-0-0, the Senate has approved its version of the P5.268-trillion national budget—the first of the Marcos administration’s appropriations measure—on third and final reading. Both the Senate and House of Representatives will now take up the 2023 budget measure at the bicameral...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III questioned the proposed 2023 P2.3 billion budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) which is three times more than the 2022 budget of the previous administration. Pimentel then sought to have this amount decreased, including the...
The Senate Committee on Finance is ready to tackle the proposals seeking to rightsize the bureaucracy that would be filed in the Upper Chamber, Senator Sonny Angara said on Tuesday, July 19. Angara, who chairs the finance panel, said it is about time for the government to rightsize the bureaucracy...
Senator Sonny Angara said he is leaving it up to the upcoming members of the majority to decide who would be the next Senate leader, but is vouching for Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri to be the next Senate president. Angara issued the statement in an interview saying that...
Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday assured that health care workers are now entitled to receive benefits while the state of national emergency due to COVID-19 is in effect. Angara, sponsor and co-author of Senate Bill No. 2421 or the act granting COVID-19 benefits and...
The bill which seeks to extend the availability of the 2021 appropriations up to December 31, 2022 has hurdled second reading at the Senate. The Senate approved House Bill No. 10373 which seeks to extend the validity of the 2021 national budget with Senator Panfilo Lacson manifesting his dissent on...
