The Senate has terminated the plenary debates on the proposed P5.268-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) early Friday, November 18. On the last day of the period of interpellations, the Senate approved the budgets of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) at P9.7-billion; the Department...
A P10-billion budget has been proposed to fund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) Barangay Development Program under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP). The Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in its briefing at the House of Representatives...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has submitted for deliberation the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to the House of Representatives in a turnover ceremony on Monday, Aug. 22. DBM Secretary Pangandaman (left) turns over the 2023 NEP to Speaker Romualdez (Photo from Speaker...
Senatorial candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro said on Sunday he is optimistic that the next set of members in Congress would play a crucial role in helping the new administration manage its public debt with P12-trillion worth of loans. The former Tarlac represenative and 1989 Bar toopnotcher said...
(FILE PHOTO) Advocacy groups have recently called on for the institutionalization of the government's support for rare disease (RD) patients through annual allocations in the General Appropriations Act and “progressive execution of assistance and treatment programs.” During an online event last...
Some senators have expressed their support for the proposed extension of the validity of the 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA) until December 2022. “Yes. I support extending validity of 21 budget,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said in a message to reporters on Wednesday, Nov....
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has so far distributed P4.7 billion payouts to drivers and operators under Service Contracting. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the data provided by the LTFRB, the total compensation and incentives given to drivers and...
President Rodrigo R. Duterte will propose at least P5-trillion national budget before his term ends. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Already, the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC), an inter-agency body tasked to set the macroeconomic targets of the country, approved late Monday, a...
Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday, June 22 said government should tell the public what is keeping it from disbursing available funds that are supposed to be used to effectively combat the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Binay pointed out that the government has at least three sources of...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday called on the government to provide for a full accounting of the P82.5-billion worth of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine procurement budget before it asks for additional funds. Drilon said it is necessary for the government to be more transparent about...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, May 4 questioned the “speedy” release of P10.6-billion out of the P19-billion controversial budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The move comes after majority of the lawmakers called for the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged state economic managers to allocate more funds for the education sector in next year’s proposed national budget to help the sector’s recovery from the negative impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian said the government...
