Senator Imee Marcos appealed to his brother, President Marcos to scrutinize the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) before signing it. "Nananawagan ako sa aking kapatid, ang ating mahal na Pangulong Bongbong - kung mahina ang aking boses mag-isa, ngayon nawa ay marinig...
All is not lost as President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. still has the power to ask the bicameral conference committee to reconvene and fix all the contentious items in the final version of the P6.532 trillion national budget for 2025, Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said. Zubiri...
Minutes after the University of North Carolina announced it had hired Bill Belichick as its next head football coach, the Tar Heels’ Instagram account posted a photo of the legendary NFL coach — at no more than 3 years old — sitting in the UNC bleachers. New North Carolina football coach Bill...
Some senators on Wednesday, December 11, expressed their sadness over some provisions in the final version of the General Appropriations Bill (GAB) which proposes a P6.352-trillion national budget for next year. This, even as the Upper Chamber, led by Senate President Francis...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook, PPAB) The Bicameral Conference Committee decided to keep the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) budget at P733 million under the proposed P6.352-trillion...
The Bicameral Conference Committee has retained the P733-million budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) under the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). This was disclosed by Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, December 11, after the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez thanked senators on Wednesday, Dec. 11 for ultimately backing the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), which was something they initially opposed in the...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will get zero subsidy in the P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget. This was according to Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Grace Poe, citing that they still have their P600 billion reserve fund. "Nakita natin PhilHealth, yung subsidiya na...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Bicameral Conference Committee approved on Wednesday morning, Dec. 11 the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB)--the biggest outlay in the country’s history. This, after ranking members of the...
Filipino families looking forward to a bright and festive Christmas may find their holiday cheer dimmed slightly by an unexpected Grinch: higher electricity bills. The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced on Tuesday, Dec. 10, a P0.1048 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) increase in electricity rates...
Only a few major differences will be tacked by the bicameral conference committee on disagreeing provisions of the 2025 budget according to Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Grace Poe. Sen. Grace L. Poe delivers her opening remarks as the head of Senate panel and chairperson of the Committee...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) The Bicameral Conference Committee need not complicate the reconciling process for the P6.352-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2025. Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez on the first day of...
