The Marcos administration would spend at least a fifth of its first full-year budget for infrastructure projects, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Monday, Aug. 22. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said a total of P1.196- rillion have been allocated for the...
Following the turnover of the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to the House of Representatives, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman explained the huge increase made to the proposed 2023 agriculture sector budget. DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Photo from...
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...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will submit to Congress the Marcos administration’s first full-year 2023 proposed budget next week. At the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) forum, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the proposed P5.268-trillion...
The Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) has suspended the procurement of non-common use supplies and equipment (Non-CSE) for government agencies. In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 16, Dennis Santiago, PS-DBM executive director, announced the indefinite suspension on the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P1.4 billion, ensuring the free rides program at the Edsa Busway to continue until the end of the year. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman on Tuesday, Aug. 16, announced the release of P1.4 billion for the additional funding...
To ensure solid waste management compliance of local government units (LGUs), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) has recently upgraded its online system by adding a feature that will record the amount of waste collected, hauled, and...
Following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit northern Luzon last month, a pro-administration lawmaker sought the creation of the National Resiliency and Disaster Management Authority for a coordinated response to calamities In filing Senate Bill (SB) 186, Senator Imee Marcos said the National...
The Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) on Friday, Aug. 12, has turned over to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) documents related to the controversial Department of Education (DepEd) laptops. Dennis S. Santiago, PS-DBM executive director, said they also...
The joint venture that supplied laptops for public school teachers said the computer units it delivered to the Department of Education (Deped) met all technical specifications imposed by government, competitively priced and perform according to their intended use. In a statement Thursday, Aug. 11,...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. has expressed support in the enactment of the National Land Use Act (NLUA), saying this will institutionalize the rational and sustainable use of the country’s land and physical resources. “Having...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released the funding to support the emergency shelter assistance to households affected by Typhoon Odette in December last year. In a statement on Wednesday, Aug. 10, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said over 153,410 households affected by...
