A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The World Health Organization (WHO) encouraged the Philippines to fully hit its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination target in every priority group until...
Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa on Wednesday, August 25, defended the continued funding for the government’s anti-insurgency program through the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Senator Bato De la Rosar Based on his personal experience in travelling...
The Senate received on Monday, August 23, the last spending plan of the Duterte administration. Senate President Vicente Sotto III received from Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Janet Abuel copies of the 2022 National Expenditure Program (NEP). Senate President Vicente...
The education sector will get the highest budgetary allocation for next year at P773.6 billion while health programs under the Department of Health and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation become only the fourth in the list of budgetary priorities with P242 billion expected to be earmarked...
Malacañang has submitted to Congress a proposed national budget of P5.04 trillion for the fiscal year (FY) 2022, the biggest budget that the executive branch has ever asked for. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In his press briefing on Monday, August 23, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque bared that...
The Taguig City government announced Sunday that it has vaccinated nearly 96 percent of its eligible population with the first dose. In an announcement, Taguig said as of Aug. 21, 586,430 individuals have received the first dose, or 95.97 percent of its new target eligible population of 611,086,...
Regular plenary sessions of the House of Representatives resume on Monday, August 23 with the chamber’s leadership expecting the submission by the executive department of the National Expenditure Program containing the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. House of Representatives...
The Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) announced Sunday, Aug. 22, that it is opening the applications for its 2021 Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) Program. (DOST-SEI Facebook page) The DOST-SEI made the announcement in a Facebook post on Sunday....
Detained Senator Leila De Lima has called on the Senate to probe the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for failing to disburse funds to COVID-19 hit public utility drivers (PUV) under the Service Contracting Program. In filing Senate Resolution NO. 862, De Lima said the...
The Pateros municipal government on Saturday started accepting registration for vaccination of people from other local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila. It launched a QR code-based registration wherein non-Pateros residents can scan it to apply for a vaccination slot in the municipality....
The Muntinlupa City COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac)’s first dose vaccination has reached 71 percent of the target population. As of Aug. 18, MunCoVac reported that 275,046 individuals have received the first dose (71.3 percent) of the target population of 385,725. The total includes 7,160...
The executive department's proposal for a P240-billion budget for coronavirus response next year might have to go through the needle hole as senators doubt its ability to fully spend it. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, chairman...
