The Office of the President (OP) is seeking a budget of P8.18 billion for fiscal year 2022, the final year of the Duterte administration. Malacañang Palace, the official home of the Philippine president (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) More than half of OP's proposed budget will go to confidential...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año belied reports on Monday, Aug. 23, that some P2.9 million from the fund of the department were transferred to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) as claimed by the Makabayan bloc in...
The executive department's proposal for a P240-billion budget for coronavirus response next year might have to go through the needle hole as senators doubt its ability to fully spend it. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, chairman...
Vice President Leni Robredo urged concerned government agencies and officials to not take the reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) the wrong way, saying these were actually opportunities to be more transparent when it comes to government spending. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP Screenshot)...
"Hinay-hinay po sana (Let's calm down)." This was Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque's appeal to the public amid the publication of the preliminary reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) on the spending of different agencies, saying these were initial observations that can still be answered by...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar asserted that no irregularities were committed despite the recent findings of state auditors on the alleged non-utilization of the P9.8-billion fund intended for farmers. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) "We...
Malacañang said at least P240 billion would be required to fund the government's coronavirus response efforts in 2022. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has urged relatives of the deceased to avail of estate tax amnesty so that the government can raise more funds to address the problem of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. A beneficiary of social amelioration during the ongoing enhanced community...
It's the word of the Department of Health (DOH) against that of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on the issue of delayed benefits for health care workers. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO) At the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's inquiry on the government's delayed compensation...
In near tears during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, August 16, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III accused the Commission on Audit of destroying the good image of the Department of Health with the latter’s release of an audit report detailing serious adverse findings in the disbursement by...
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused President Duterte of twisting the story on the Commission on Audit (COA), which recently flagged the Department of Health (DOH) for “deficiencies” in the use of some P67.3 billion of COVID-19 funds. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN...
The Commission on Audit has never “flagged or flogged” any government agency as claimed by President Rodrigo Duterte but will remain faithful to its constitutional mandate to audit financial transactions and expenditures of all government agencies and instrumentalities. Chairman Michael...
