The House plenary. (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives is bent on approving the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) on third and final reading on Wednesday, Sept. 25 after two weeks of...
Acting Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez assured the public that the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) will spend their approved budget properly to efficiently communicate the government’s services and initiatives to the public. Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez Chavez said this...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is batting for a higher 2025 budget for the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure the construction of more super health centers as well as...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has questioned the Office of the Ombudsman’s sough P115 million confidential funds for 2025, which is a massive increased from this year’s...
Reforms in the government’s budget process could significantly improve the country’s chances of achieving the coveted “A” rating status, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman explained that the Public Financial Management (PFM) Reforms...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. I am thrilled to share that yesterday, Sept. 17, 2024, the Public Financial Management (PFM) Committee, composed of the Department of Budget and Management, Department of Finance, Commission on Audit, and the Bureau of Treasury,...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has terminated the 2025 budget debates for the Department of Finance (DOF), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and the...
(Left) Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Facebook) Leaders of the Committee on Appropriations have called on their colleagues in the House of Representatives to prioritize the immediate passage of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez gave a stern message to critics of the House of Representatives on Monday, Sept. 16, the first day of the marathon plenary debates on the proposed...
The Senate is committed to ensure the passage of the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 despite the on-going investigations of the Upper Chamber into issues that are of national interest. Escudero said that even as several committees of the Senate are in the thick of...
The MRT-3 (DOTr) Good news for commuters. Some P2.56 billion will be poured into the ongoing rehabilitation of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3), said Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo said in a statement on Sunday, Sept....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives switches gears on Monday, Sept. 16 from the just-concluded committee level deliberations on the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget to the even...
