With 17 affirmative votes, no negative votes and zero abstention, the Senate on Tuesday, December 9 approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 4058, which contains the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance...
The Senate is unanimously supporting the House of Representatives call to open bicameral conference committee meetings during the crafting of the national budget. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, said the Senate has unanimously signed and filed Senate...
Malacañang has expressed its support for moves to institutionalize transparency in the budget deliberations. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the Palace respects the independence of the Congress in pushing to institutionalize a transparent budget...
La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The lack of familiarity or knowledge with the proposed P2.037-billion 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) could be the reason why Vice...
Vice President Sara Duterte (left), Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader and Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre says Vice President Sara Duterte “deliberate snub” of the deliberations of her own...
A screenshot of ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro’s review of the squid dish (Castro’s X account) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro “reviewed” the pusit (squid) dish that Vice President Sara Duterte missed out...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The 2025 budget hearing of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) didn't push through as originally scheduled on Thursday, Aug. 15 at the House of Representatives. This was the first deviation from the...
(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...
Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco (PPAB) Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco is urging his colleagues in Congress to fully support the approval of the proposed P253.3-billion allocation for the government’s social assistance and cash...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe said committee inquiries, such as those on the extrajudicial killings (EJKs)...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 27, thanked members of the House of Representatives, including the principal sponsor of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed P2.3-billion budget for 2024, after heated budget deliberations. (From left, 1st row)...
The P5.268-trillion national budget ratified by Congess will include support for the Alternative Learning System (ALS) that will benefit thousands of Filipino learners. (This photo was taken in Quezon City by the DepEd in September 2021.) Senator Win Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
