Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Vice President Sara Duterte should no longer be given a "free pass" in the House deliberations on the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) annual budget. ...
Photo from Pixabay Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian said reducing the poverty incidence to a single digit by the end of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s term in 2028 is achievable through the collective efforts of government agencies. In an interview...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, August 7 clarified that the Senate’s intention to pursue the temporary suspension of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) is to give government time to thresh out and fix the issues hounding the program. ...
The modernization of public utility vehicles (PUV) will continue as President Marcos disagreed with calls for the program's suspension. "I disagree with them because sinasabi nila minadali (they are saying it was rushed). This has been postponed seven times," Marcos said in an ambush interview in...
(MANILA BULLETIN) 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero hopes that the proposed significant budget bump for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) next year would translate to more families benefitting from the pro-poor...
The Department of Budget and Management has approved the release of an additional P5 billion to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). These approved funds will be used to cover the 703,888 4Ps household beneficiaries, which were sourced from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Continuing...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has logged roughly P50 billion worth of aggregate savings for customers that have been availing of electricity services from the retail electricity suppliers (RES). According to ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta, the scale of cost savings registered by RES...
To adjust to inflation, the increase in cash allowances for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is expected to be implemented in 2026. During a committee hearing at the House of Representatives, National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan revealed that a...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez set the tone for the start of the deliberations of the P6.352-trillion 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP) Monday, Aug. 5 by saying that the country's economic...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) It's that time of the year again in the House of Representatives as the Committee on Appropriations starts the deliberations on the P6.352-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2025 on...
The national government has already spent billions of pesos for the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program since it was rolled out in 2018, the Department of Transportation said on Saturday, Aug. 3, as it expressed opposition to the suspension of its implementation. The PUV...
The poor performance of our students in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) has elicited many comments on the education program and suggestions on how to improve it. In the 2022 PISA, the Philippines landed in the bottom 10 out of 81 participating countries in areas...
