Despite limited resources, the Cabinet-level Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) has approved a record-high national budget for next year at ₱6.79 trillion, with a focus on social services. Next year’s record-high budget would support sustained delivery of public goods and services...
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. said the government’s main tax agency’s ₱18 billion proposal for 2026 covers plans to build a tax-focused contact center and office space expansion to accommodate more taxpayers and reduce queues. “We want to improve our...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is now seeking the passage of a bill that would institutionalize the publication of the so-called “The People’s Budget” or a simplified version of the annual national budget and other similar documents. In filing Senate Bill No. 2251 or the proposed...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III has thrown his full support to a call of Senator Rafael ‘’Raffy’’ Tulfo for the Senate to use the budget process to hold government agencies, particularly the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), responsible for losses of billions of pesos...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that his administration's proposed national budget for 2023 worth P5.268 trillion is anchored on what he called the "Agenda for Prosperity" that aims to achieve his medium-term macroeconomic and fiscal objectives. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos...
The Duterte government will seek the swift passage of a proposed ₱ 5.024 trillion national budget for next year to sustain its pandemic response, social services, infrastructure development, among others. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The bulk of the proposed 2022...
