Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has expressed confidence that the realignments to the confidential funds would be adopted in the bicameral...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (left) Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking solons from the Committee on Appropriations have denied allegations that the House of Representatives has P1.6 billion in confidential...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The "small committee" tasked to collate individual amendments from House members in connection with the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed national budget for 2024 has until Oct. 10,...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Contributed photo) At least 10 agencies will be affected by the House leadership's planned realignment of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed...
The combined P650-million confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd)--both under Vice President Sara Duterte--will be among those to be realigned to intelligence and security agencies tasked to address "escalating threats in...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A total of 625 residents in Calabanga, a remote town in Camarines Sur, benefited from the Tarabangan Caravan and Dental Mission initiated by Ako Bicol party-list this weekend. At least 35 residents availed of free dental services, 21 for two- dimensional...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2024--the largest proposed national budget in history--is first and foremost a post-pandemic recovery measure. Committee on Appropriations Chairman, Ako...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or national budget for 2024 is ready to enter the final stage of deliberations in the House of Representatives. "This budget will serve as a cornerstone for...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The House Committee on Appropriations is willing to consider the Office of the Ombudsman's suggestion to do away with the publication requirement for Commission on Audit (COA) audit reports. Committee chairman...
Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has told the House Committee on Appropriations that the 2022 release of contingent funds by the Office of the President (OP) to the Office...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The judiciary is seeking an additional P6.7 billion for its budget next year, members of the House Committee on Appropriations learned on Thursday, Aug. 31. The judiciary made its...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Over 500 families from three barangays benefited from free medical and dental services during the Tarabangan Caravan at Oro Site High School here on Thursday morning, August 24. Beneficiaries were from Barangays Peñaranda with more than 100 families, Orosite with...
