Next year's midterm elections could temper government expenditures due to a scheduled ban on new spending, such that the Cabinet-level Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) has urged prompt disbursements as well as implementation of programs and projects under the proposed...
The bicameral conference committee tasked to reconcile the conflicting provisions of the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 have agreed to hold an “open bicam” during the next meeting. Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, said both the...
After holding seven hearings, the House Committee on Good Governance and Public Accountability will introduce sweeping reforms in the use of confidential funds as it wraps up its investigation into Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged P612.5-million confidential fund misuse. The said...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives, through the vaunted quinta-commiittee (quinta-comm), won't hold treat anyone as sacred cows in its bid to stop the practice of price manipulation of basic goods....
President Marcos' economic managers have revised their growth projections for this year and adjusted their outlook for the following years amid global uncertainties. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said in a statement that the country’s economy, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP),...
Only a few major differences will be tacked by the bicameral conference committee on disagreeing provisions of the 2025 budget according to Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Grace Poe. Sen. Grace L. Poe delivers her opening remarks as the head of Senate panel and chairperson of the Committee...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) The Bicameral Conference Committee need not complicate the reconciling process for the P6.352-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2025. Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez on the first day of...
Even with the controversial P1.3 billion budget slashed from the Office of the Vice President (OVP), Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Grace Poe said the office can still perform its mandate with P733 million. In a press conference on Wednesday, November 27, Poe said that members of the Upper...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s allies in the Senate have accepted the inevitability they won’t be able to press for a higher budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for 2025 given the current circumstances. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said the OVP’s budget for next year...
President Marcos has created an Inter-Agency Committee on International Humanitarian Law (IAC-IHL) that will serve as a national committee tasked to assist the government in raising awareness on international humanitarian law. (President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.) The IAC-IHL was created through...
Voting 18-0-1, the Senate approved on third and final reading on Tuesday, Nov. 26, House Bill 10800 or the P6.352 trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). In plenary, Senator Grace Poe enumerated during the period of committee amendments how the Senate maximized the budget to secure the...
The Senate will be leaving former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo’s fate in the hands of the Philippine courts as the panel hearing her alleged involvement in the illegal activities of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) concluded its investigation into the case. Senate deputy...
