Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has assured that big-ticket foreign-assisted programs and projects will no longer suffer from delays, given the budget cover included in the proposed 2026 spending plan of the national government. For its part, aid agency Japan International Cooperation Agency...
The government has proposed a ₱31-billion National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF) or calamity fund for 2026, nearly 50-percent higher than this year’s allocation. According to the National Expenditure Program (NEP) for fiscal year (FY) 2026, the proposed calamity...
While the proposed 2026 national budget increased by more than seven percent, confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) were slashed by 11.2 percent, or ₱1.35 billion, from the existing national budget. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman reported during the ceremonial turnover of the fiscal year...
The Philippine information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) sector is bracing for the potential impact of a bill in the United States (US) Senate that seeks to end the practice of offshoring among American call centers. The IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines...
PAMPANGA — Purely without budget insertions, next year’s funding for flood mitigation projects could face a massive budget reduction, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). During her inspection of flood-affected roads and flood-mitigation structures in Pampanga on Monday,...
One of the most-applauded portions of the recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) would have to be when President Marcos mentioned the flood control projects—and how so many of them were failures, riddled with substandard work, or worse, figments of the imagination. His plan to investigate...
Senator Imee Marcos on Monday called on the President to immediately release all funds tagged as “For Later Release” (FLR) under the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), citing the urgency of completing long-delayed public projects and ensuring transparency in government spending. Following...
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman cautioned on Tuesday, July 29, that government projects may face paralysis next year should President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. veto a Congress-approved national budget that deviates from his administration 's priorities. While Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson became more emboldened to fight pork barrel and other anomalies in the budget, after President Marcos stressed in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday that there should be no repeat of the mangling of the 2025 budget. Lacson, an avowed enemy of the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released a total of ₱1.6 billion to replenish the Quick Response Funds (QRFs) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). This move comes in response to the successive typhoons...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has assured the public that the Marcos administration has sufficient funds to address the needs of areas affected by recent flooding and the expected typhoons that may hit the country. Pangandaman said in a July 24 statement...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government is taking a hardline stance against littering and illegal garbage disposal, warning that violators could face criminal charges and jail time under several national environmental laws. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said Wednesday he has ordered the General Services...
