The Senate Committee on Finance will carefully scrutinize all government projects under the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 that are allegedly bloated by 328 percent. Sen. Sonny Angara (Senate PRIB Photo) Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, chairman of the...
In order to meet the Marcos administration’s spending requirements, the national government had to borrow over P1.4 trillion in the first half of the year due to a lack of sufficient funds. Based on the Bureau of the Treasury report, gross borrowing of the Marcos administration amounted to P1.423...
The Bureau of Customs has completed the construction of a new sub-port building at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Misamis Oriental, aimed at bolstering revenue collection and improving services for stakeholders. Located within the Phividec Industrial Estate in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental,...
The Muntinlupa City government has established its own Cooperative Development Council to benefit cooperatives. Mayor Ruffy Biazon signed Ordinance No. 2023-102 passed by the Muntinlupa City Council, “creating the Cooperative Development Council of Muntinlupa, defining its objectives,...
The Philippines is “doing the first step” to becoming a federal government “in all but name,” President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, Aug. 24. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the oath-taking of new members of his political party--Partido Federal ng Pilipinas--in...
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan expects that speeding up government spending during the second half of the year could improve the country’s growth rate by the end of 2023. NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan (Photo from the Presidential Communications...
The Quezon City government announced on Sunday, Aug. 20, that it launched a program that will provide job opportunities to 300 of the city's persons with disabilities (PWDs) as part of its commitment to ensure inclusivity and equal opportunity to the most vulnerable sectors in the city. Through the...
Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri on Monday, August 21, said government procurement reforms should lead to the expedited purchase of defense equipment the country needs to protect its territory, especially from the illegal incursions of China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Senate...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Toboso in the northern part of Negros Occidental recently unveiled its newly constructed government center. A P30-million New Government Center was unveiled in Toboso, Negros Occidental on August 16. (Photo courtesy of Richard Malihan/Capitol PIO) ...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and the local government on Sunday, Aug. 20, expressed support to the Senate’s approval of the bill renaming two roads in the city after the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. "Buong puso po nating sinusuportahan ang hakbang na ito ng Senado na ipangalan...
The Taguig City government criticized the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) for issuing an opinion that a writ of execution is needed to enforce the Supreme Court (SC) decision transferring 10 barangays in Makati to Taguig. In a decision dated Dec. 1, 2021, the SC ruled that the...
A construction worker died while four others were hurt after a wall at a construction site at the Quezon City Hall compound collapsed on Thursday evening, Aug. 17. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said that rescuers responded to the area after the wall collapsed at the Civic Center B Building,...
