Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 11 agencies were affected by the House of Representatives' rationalization of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has expressed confidence that the realignments to the confidential funds would be adopted in the bicameral...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Some P194 billion worth of realignments--a lot of which have to do with addressing the problem of fast inflation--have been identified in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed national budget for 2024. This was...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Facebook) A government agency that's deemed not entitled to confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) must be completely stripped of such funds. Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep....
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The "small committee" tasked to collate individual amendments from House members in connection with the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed national budget for 2024 has until Oct. 10,...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from YouTube live) Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman continues to lecture former Supreme Court (SC) Justice Adolf Azcuna about what Congress can and cannot do to the proposed national budget. Lagman,...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Contributed photo) At least 10 agencies will be affected by the House leadership's planned realignment of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has defended the constitutionality of the House-approved 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) in relation to the planned realignment of confidential...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The expeditious House approval of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed national budget for 2024 shows the chamber's commitment to the welfare of the Filipino people and its enduring...
(MANILA BULLETIN) With confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) being the dominant talking point, the House of Representatives passed on third and final reading on Wednesday night, Sept. 27 the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) The country’s agricultural sector will take an indirect hit if the P6.2-billion budget cut suffered by 30 state universities and colleges (SUCs) won't get restored under the P5.768-trillion...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has received a formal appeal from the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to restore P91 billion in its capital outlay under the P5.768-trillion General...