State-run Social Security System (SSS) will continue to issue violation notices to contribution evaders nationwide in light of the upcoming Labor Day. In an effort to protect the welfare and security of private sector employees, the SSS urges establishments to responsibly remit their workers’...
The provincial government of Leyte "misused" P1.287 million of its Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF) for catering services and other unrelated activities in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its 2023 annual audit report, COA said disbursements...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the officials of Ramos town in Tarlac for "lack of responsiveness to the real needs of residents' when 90 percent of the town's farmlands were inundated and 1,126 families were affected by typhoons "Egay" and "Falcon" in July and August 2023. In its 2023...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded local government units (LGUs) against exceeding the "statutory limitation" on disbursements for extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses (EME) or discretionary funds taken out of their collected real property taxes (RPTs). It cited the case of...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte expressed her gratitude to Senator Imee Marcos for supporting her family amid the tensions between the latter and her cousin, House Speaker Martin Romualdez. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Imee Marcos (Photos from Office of...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the Department of Education’s (DepEd) request for confidential funds has been realigned to its voucher program. “I think yung [confidential funds] sa DepEd, nilagay nila sa voucher, school voucher system, and other...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co is looking into reports that the district of Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte was...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has insisted that unprogrammed funds are legal amid Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman’s petition before the Supreme Court (SC) questioning the controversial budget...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshots from Zoom) Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has fired back at Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman for questioning before the Supreme Court (SC) the additional...
Camarines Sur 3rd district Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 3rd district Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr.'s "signing" of the petition that sought to junk the additional P449.5-billion unprogrammed funds in the 2024...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said on Wednesday, Jan. 3 that he is targeting to file his petition before the Supreme Court (SC) on the unconstitutionality of the additional P450-billion unprogrammed funds in the 2024 national budget this week. "The target is this week but...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Facebook) Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman says that the recently enacted P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 is constitutionally infirm and therefore must be...
