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...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged the government to come up with stronger mechanisms to address the alarming increase of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the country, saying there is sufficient funds in the national budget...
Saying that the 19th Congress will focus primarily on alleviating poverty among millions of Filipinos, Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co lauded the allocation for social benefits included in the 2023 national budget. Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Photo from Rep. Co’s Facebook page) He...
2023 budget to address immediate concerns—DBM By Chino S. Leyco The spending priorities of the Marcos administration’s first national budget for the new year, amounting to P5.268 trillion, is the starting point of the eight-point socioeconomic agenda in the near term. This aims to address the...
The chief economic manager of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. lauded Congress for the early passage of the 2023 national budget as it plays a critical role in fueling optimism over next year’s growth prospects. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the swift enactment of the 2023 General...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, December 21 said he respects the President’s prerogative to veto some provisions of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) 2023. "And we trust in his wisdom," Villanueva said. "The work of the legislature now is to continue its oversight powers...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has vetoed three provisions of the 2023 national budget, which, he said, are unrelated and could amend substantive laws. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has signs into law the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 on Dec. 16, 2022. (Ali Vicoy)...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, December 19 assured that the National Academy of Sports (NAS) will receive adequate funding support under the recently approved P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023. Gatchalian said the funds appropriated for NAS will make sure its operations are not...
Foreign envoys were among the witnesses at the signing of the P5.268-trillion 2023 national budget by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in Malacañang on Friday, Dec. 16. (Photo from US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson via Twitter) One of the guests, United States (US)...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has signed into law the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023, which "gives muscle" to the roadmap the administration intends to implement next year. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has signs into law the P5.268-trillion national budget for...
The General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2023 worth P5.268-trillion ensures that there would be sufficient financial aid for the sectors who were greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Sonny Angara said on Friday, December 16. Angara, Senate Finance Committee chairman, said Congress has...
The P5.268-trillion national budget ratified by Congess will include support for the Alternative Learning System (ALS) that will benefit thousands of Filipino learners. (This photo was taken in Quezon City by the DepEd in September 2021.) Senator Win Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
