Senator Sherwin Gatchalian rejected on Tuesday, January 6 insinuations that the 2026 national budget was crafted to include efforts to pursue the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. This, after Sen. Imee Marcos, in a video posted on her Facebook page, floated the possibility that the...
The Supreme Court can declare the contentious Unprogrammed Appropriations as unconstitutional, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Tuesday, January 6. Gatchalian made the remark following President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to veto P92.5-billion unprogrammed items when he signed...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Saturday, Jan. 3, that the enrolled 2026 budget measure has allotted ₱2.9 billion for the rollout of the School-Based Mental Health program as well as the creation of the Learner Wellness Division. The allocation is consistent with the implementation of the...
The Senate on Monday, Dec. 29, ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee (bicam) report on the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) that proposes a ₱ P6.793 -trillion national budget for next year. The ratified version of the 2026 GAB will then be sent to Malacañang for President...
Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives are set to formally sign the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026 this afternoon. Senate Committee on Finance chairman Sherwin Gatchalian and House Committee on Appropriations...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, December 24 refuted reports alleging he and other senators requested the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for projects under the 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP). “I categorically deny claims that I was among those who requested the...
Senators on Wednesday, December 24 lauded President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to sign the P6.793-trillion in the first week of January. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson said a briefly reenacted budget would be preferable than rushing the passage of the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said a corruption loophole that was lodged under the Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA) has been removed in the proposed 2026 national budget. Gatchalian said this was approved by the bicameral conference committee when they reconciled the disagreeing provisions of the...
The Senate on Monday, Dec. 22, moved to amend its legislative calendar to give more time for the preparation, printing, and ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the proposed P6.793-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for fiscal year 2026. During the plenary session,...
Senators on Sunday, December 21, assured that the the bicameral conference committee-approved P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026 now contains strong, enforceable safeguards for transparency, traceability and citizen oversight. “Gone are the secretive and ‘alok-able’ talks that result...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is confident President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will not veto the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026 or any of its provisions. “I am confident that nothing will be vetoed in this budget because first of all, it is coordinated,”...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Saturday, Dec. 20, that he intends to be more active next year in overseeing government spending and addressing underutilized funds across key sectors. In an interview with Usapang Senado over DWIZ radio, Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance,...
