The House of Representatives leadership revealed on Monday, Nov.,21 the 14 solons that will comprise the chamber's contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee alongside the Senate on the disagreeing provisions of the 2023 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Monday, November 21 sponsored Senate Resolution 302 creating a ‘’Select Oversight Committee on Intelligence and Confidential Funds (CIFs). The Senate minority group led by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III had questioned the necessity...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has laid out several important strategic priorities to address existing gaps on open and inclusive governance. At the Pilipinas Conference 2022 on Monday, Nov. 21, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman, said the government needs to leverage digital...
The creation of a Select Oversight Committee on Confidential and Intelligence Expenses will help ensure that agencies who are given confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) would be able to use this specific appropriation for the purpose it was intended for, Senate Committee on Finance chief Sen....
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the national government’s budget deficit this year may fall below ceiling due to higher than expected revenue collections of its two main tax agencies. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the fiscal deficit as a share of gross domestic product (GDP)...
The Senate has terminated the plenary debates on the proposed P5.268-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) early Friday, November 18. On the last day of the period of interpellations, the Senate approved the budgets of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) at P9.7-billion; the Department...
Showcasing his commitment to transparency in governance, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto unveiled to the public the ‘big ticket items’ or highlights of the city’s approved P15 billion budget for 2023. Sotto presented the 30-minute budget report in a video uploaded on his official Youtube page on...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri called on Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. to strengthen the county’s science sector to minimize the negative impacts of disasters. Zubiri made the call during the plenary deliberation of the proposed P24.67 billion budget of the...
Next year's proposed P5.268-trillion national budget has social safety nets that seek to support economic recovery amid the uncertainties brought mainly by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday, November 18. Gatchalian made the statement...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has renewed his call for the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to expedite the release of allowances for healthcare workers who have yet to receive their share under the law that grants them and other frontliners emergency...
The Senate has terminated the plenary debates on the proposed P5.268-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) early Friday, November 18. On the last day of the period of interpellations, the Senate approved the budgets of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) at P9.7-billion; the Department...
ILOILO CITY -- The Iloilo City council has unanimously approved the P2.95 billion proposed budget for next year during its session on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The Iloilo City Hall. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) The budget is about four percent lower than the current P3.083 billion budget of Mayor Jerry...
