President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) President Marcos deserves kudos for submitting the P6.352-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed national budget for 2025 three weeks ahead of schedule. Thus,...
The national government intends to slash the budget for state universities and colleges (SUCs) next year by around P14 billion, based on the data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). According to the National Expenditure Program (NEP) submitted by the DBM to the Congress on Monday,...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has formally submitted a copy of the proposed national budget for fiscal year 2025 to the Senate. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero, together with other senators, receives a copy of the National Expenditure Program (NEP)...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-6 vowed to improve the immunization rate among children in Western Visayas after they were called out by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in his State-of-the-Nation Address on July 22. “The DOH-6 oversees the enactment of various actions to expand the...
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Marcos administration is asking for P2 billion less confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) under the P6.352-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed...
Vice President Sara Duterte is asking Congress for a budget of P2.037 billion under the proposed 2025 national budget set to be deliberated upon next month. Vice President Sara Duterte Based on the 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed budget for the coming year...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) receives copy of the 2025 NEP from DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Speaker’s office) Job creation, quality education, expanded health care, and social protection are among the main thrusts of the...
As the country prepares for a new school year, a group of education workers has urged the government to suspend the implementation of the revised Kindergarten to Grade 10 curriculum, known as the MATATAG Curriculum . (JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “The new school...
To provide context and direction as well as to articulate its features, design, and standards, Education Secretary Sonny Angara issued policy guidelines for the implementation of the MATATAG Curriculum. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) The MATATAG Curriculum, a revised curriculum for...
The national government is planning to build a national fiber backbone that would connect Ilocos Region to Metro Manila—and that is only for Phase I of the project as the two other phases would further go down the southern part of Luzon. In the Build Better More Infrastructure Forum in Tarlac,...
Marred by several problems in its implementation, the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) may be put to a halt as a Senate panel is set to come up with a resolution urging President Marcos to temporarily suspend it. Sen. Raffy Tulfo hopes to see positive results as the...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian said President Marcos’ vision to eradicate hunger by 2027 and achieve a single-digit poverty incidence by the end of his term in 2028 is right on track, as the country’s poverty rate continues to decline. Gatchalian...
