The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) must double down on its promise to recommend an increase to the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) in 2027. Thus, said Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio, who tried to gain a solid commitment from DBM Acting Secretary Kim...
Putting his Nostradamus cap on, Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong believes that Vice President Sara Duterte won 't be participating in the House of Representatives 2027 budget plenary debates. The Office of the Vice President (OVP) is seeking about P2.2 billion under the...
The House of Representatives has released details of its revised schedule of per agency hearings on the P7.2-trillion 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed national budget. This, even as House Committee on Appropriations Chairperson Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela "Mika"...
The Habagat-strengthened rains have forced the House of Representatives to reconfigure its schedule for the deliberations on the P7.2-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2027. An advisory from Secretary General Cheloy Garafil on Monday night, Aug. 17 bared that the Committee on...
House Committee on Appropriations Chairperson Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela "Mika" Suansing has vowed to continue the implementation of pro-transparency reforms in the deliberations of the 2027 national budget. Suansing had this to say Monday, Aug. 17 during the start of the...
Some of the country’s most influential business and civil society groups are calling for the institutionalization of a four-percent share of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) as the minimum allocation for funding the education sector. In a joint statement last week, the groups said...
A vice chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations has assured the Office of the Vice President (OVP) of courtesy and respect once it takes up the agency 's budget under the P7.2-trillion 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP). This, despite the ongoing Senate impeachment trial where 11...
The House of Representatives is out to accomplish two things as it begins to tackle the P7.2-trillion 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed national budget on Monday, Aug. 17. One, to approve next year 's spending plan in a timely and transparent manner; and second, to do so...
Senator JV Ejercito vowed tightened scrutiny in the national budget process, including efforts to prevent last-minute insertions and post-enactment interventions as Congress begins deliberations on the proposed 2027 national budget. “Ang hamon sa atin bilang Finance Committee Chairman ay hindi...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday raised concerns over what he described as “questionable” lump-sum appropriations for infrastructure projects included in the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027. Lacson said he would seek clarification from the government agencies...
Malacañang has challenged what it described as conflicting criticisms of the proposed 2027 national budget, after lawmakers separately faulted the government for allegedly focusing too much on aid in previous budgets and for reducing social spending in the new spending plan. Presidential...
President Marcos is proposing a P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027 that puts education and infrastructure among the administration’s biggest priorities, alongside major allocations for healthcare, social protection, agriculture, labor, and digitalization. Based on the President’s budget...
