Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said on Monday, Aug. 12, that entry-level pay for educators in public schools will increase by around P3,024 in 2025. This comes following the signing of Executive Order (EO) No. 64 which will increase the salary of government...
(Noel Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN) Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. said the Marcos administration has bumped up the country’s Calamity Fund to P31 billion in preparation for the impending impact of climate change and extreme...
(Unsplash) The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) told a House of Representatives panel that it has identified five allied healthcare professions that will face “supply and demand” challenges in terms of manpower. During the budget deliberations of the agency before the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has disclosed to Congress that it will be submitting the result of its performance review on system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) by December. “We have until the end of the year to submit our findings to the President,” ERC...
Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Vice President Sara Duterte should no longer be given a "free pass" in the House deliberations on the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) annual budget. ...
The government released around P579 million to fund projects, such as flood controls, in eight regions under the People’s Survival Fund (PSF). Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has approved the release of a notice of cash allocation (NCA) amounting to...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last July 29, I was honored and privileged to submit the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP), or the proposed national budget of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM), to Congress. It amounts to ₱6.352 trillion,...
The Department of Budget and Management has approved the release of an additional P5 billion to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). These approved funds will be used to cover the 703,888 4Ps household beneficiaries, which were sourced from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Continuing...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (Facebook) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is pushing for the realignment of funds from government programs that are considered “Duterte legacies” to education and social service programs. During the...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto (House of Representatives’ Facebook page) Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto assured members of a House of Representatives panel that the Marcos administration is managing the country’s debt according to the “highest standards...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez set the tone for the start of the deliberations of the P6.352-trillion 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP) Monday, Aug. 5 by saying that the country's economic...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez during his visit at the at Camp Teodulfo Bautista in Jolo, Sulu (Speaker’s Office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has committed to allocate funds for the construction of soldiers’ barracks and the...
