Several lawmakers questioned the low budget utilization of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), which is seeking higher funding for 2022. DSWD Wayne Belizar (top); Rep. Stella Quimbo (bottom) (HoR) Duin the House Committee on Appropriations budget deliberations on Monday,...
"Guni-guni lang po 'yan (That's an illusion)." This was how Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque described a lawmaker's observation that a supposed "new variant" of the illegal pork barrel fund was included in the government's proposed P5.024-trillion budget for 2022. Presidential spokesperson Harry...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque believed there must be other reasons why the Executive Branch decided to cut the budget of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), the country’s main coronavirus (COVID-19) testing center, for 2022. File photos Roque made the statement after it was...
Former Vice President Jejomar Binay slammed on Monday the government's decision to cut the proposed 2022 budget of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Ex-Vice President Jejomar Binay "In the proposed 2022 budget, PGH was allotted P5.67 billion, lower than the...
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday, September 6, vowed to specify the projects which will be funded under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict‘s (NTF-ELCAC) Barangay Development Program (BDP). DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (HoR) DILG, a member...
The proposed national budget for 2022 reflects the state of the economy and how the government plans to achieve recovery from the pandemic that would, in turn, enable the renewed pursuit of sustained growth. President Duterte has proposed to Congress a budget of P5.042 trillion, an 11 percent...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday vowed to pursue the realignment of the proposed budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) which she sees as potential source of funds for the country’s Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), cancer treatment...
Why did the Department of Health (DOH) take a budget cut while the Department of Public Work and Highways (DPWH) had a budget increase in the proposed P5-trillion budget for 2022? This was the question in Vice President Leni Robredo's mind as she pointed out the “disconnect” during her radio...
Health workers from various hospitals are set to hold another mass protest on Monday, Sept. 6, after the Department of Health (DOH) allegedly failed to pay the benefits of medical frontliners under the Bayanihan to Recover As One 2 Act or Bayanihan 2. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) On Aug. 21,...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has expressed its gratitude to lawmakers for the swift proceedings of the House Appropriations Committee on its proposed P3.79 billion budget for the fiscal year 2022. Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, together with the DOT family and Rizal 1st...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) was focused on ensuring the sustainability, resiliency, and inclusiveness of the country's tourism industry as the core of its recovery plan for 2022. Department of Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat discusses the agency's proposed P3.79 billion budget for the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released additional funds to provide the delayed special risk allowance (SRA) for medical frontliners battling the pandemic. COVID-19 vaccine In a statement, the budget department announced late Friday, Sept. 3, that an additional P888.12 million in...
