Re-electionist Senator Leila de Lima on Monday said she hopes that the budget increase for the local government units (LGUs) in the 2022 national budget would empower them in their respective areas of jurisdiction. De Lima said the start of the implementation of the Supreme Court’s Mandanas...
President Duterte will expedite the review and signing of the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 to ensure that the government has a workign bduget for the rehabilitation and fast recovery of areas hard hit by Typhoon Odette, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go said. Go said Duterte has...
The Duterte administration can tap over P20 billion that are under the proposed national budget for 2022 to help victims of Typhoon Odette. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the statement in response to President Duterte’s statement the government may be having...
The Senate on Wednesday ratified the reconciled version of the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budet for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, assured that next year’s budget, which would be submitted to President...
The Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday signed the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance committee panel, said both houses of Congress agreed to increase the proposed budget of...
The bicameral conference committee has set the proposed budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) under the proposed 2022 national budget to P17.1-billion. Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Sonny Angara disclosed this after the Senate and House of...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday said bared his proposed amendments to the P5-trillion national budget for 2022, which includes slashing a total of over P9-billion questionable worth of appropriations. In a statement, Lacson said he proposed reduction of funds for items such as farm-to-market...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday vowed to ensure there would be sufficient funding for the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS-VP) to prevent the government’s debt to private schools from accumulating and risk affecting beneficiaries of the program. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate...
Senators are keen on removing the budget assigned for the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) and give it to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) if it fails to stop the apparent “harassment” being done against the country’s lone pole vaulter EJ Obiena. It was Senator...
Presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he fully supports efforts to restore the original proposed budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) saying sufficient funding would help sustain the humanitarian and development projects in...
The Senate on Monday recalled the proposed budget of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) for next year for supposedly taking a “hands-off” approach on the case involving pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa). It was Sen. Pia...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday urged his colleagues to immediately pass a bill establishing an educational commission in the Philippines to address the serious problems hounding the country’s educational system, such as funding and lack of classrooms. Drilon said there is a...
