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...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has entered a partnership with the European Union (EU) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to launch a $6-million public finance facility over three years. In a joint statement released on Wednesday, April 30, the DBM said the program...
Despite surging to ₱478.8 billion in the first quarter of 2025, the national government expects the full-year budget gap to stay within the ₱1.5 trillion target, citing expected non-tax revenues and a more balanced expenditure rollout in the coming months. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Our government, under the strong and visionary leadership of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM), continues to innovate and find ways to improve systems and processes, enhancing policies that will make public services...
With the government e-marketplace posting over ₱80 million in sales in the first three months of 2025, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) expects this to quadruple by the end of the year as more merchants are eyed to enter the platform. According to Genmaries Entredicho-Caong, DBM...
Calling it the “height of injustice,” a group of education workers decried the Department of Education’s (DepEd) disqualification from the 2023 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) and urged Secretary Sonny Angara to take urgent action to appeal the decision. Students of Rafael Palma Elementary...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. I hope everyone had a restful and peaceful long holiday, ready to face new challenges and opportunities. For us in the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), we stand firm in our commitment to fiscal efficiency,...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh. I am glad to share that on March 6, 2025, we, at the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), along with various government agencies, launched an initiative that synergizes efforts to make every centavo in our government...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) have revamped the National Evaluation Policy Framework (NEPF), introducing stronger oversight and stricter standards for ethical and transparent evaluation of government programs. On...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last April 3, we witnessed another milestone in our commitment to serving our kababayans and ensuring the country's sustainable growth and development. I was deeply honored to stand with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM)...
It is not true that the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has no funds to provide services to Filipinos, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. graces the government's ‘Trabaho at Serbisyong Pangkalusugan sa Bagong Pilipinas’ in Antipolo City, Rizal on...
The Marcos administration posted a ₱171.4-billion budget deficit in February 2025, as the government had spent more than it earned, according to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr). February’s deficit reversed the over ₱68-billion seasonal surplus seen in the previous month. It was also higher...
