Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is wondering why the budget for the construction of classrooms and housing is relatively low compared to the rest of the items under the P1.196-trillion infrastructure budget. (Photo from Gabriela Partylist Arlene Brosas's Facebook) “Nasa...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez asserted on Thursday, Aug. 25, that the proposed 2023 national budget would respond to the needs of Filipinos, especially in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Photo from House of Representatives via Twitter) He said in a statement...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri vowed on Wednesday, Aug. 24 the early passage of the proposed 2023 P5.288 trillion national budget of the Marcos administration. Zubiri said the speedy Senate committee hearings and the expected early passage of the proposed budget is anchored on the fact that...
The Bureau of the Treasury clarified that the principal debt payment earmarked by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) next year is not part of President Marcos’ proposed national budget. National Treasurer Rosalia V. De Leon said on Tuesday, Aug. 23, that budget for principal payment,...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez wants to restore the budget cuts made to the University of the Philippines (UP) System and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Under the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was true to his word. Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) That's how Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga described the significant budgetary increase that the executive branch has asked for the...
Aside from sugar, the Philippines is now also experiencing shortage of salt, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) disclosed on Tuesday, Aug. 23. This is the reason, according to DA Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban, why they will be including P100 million. in the 2023 national budget...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says the lower chamber aims to pass the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 on third and final reading by the end of next month. From left to right: DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman. Speaker Martin Romualdez. Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe, and...
The biggest problem when it comes to the national budget is spending it properly. Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) This was the gist of House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto's statement Monday, Aug. 22, which he gave on the same day that the lower chamber received the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that his administration's proposed national budget for 2023 worth P5.268 trillion is anchored on what he called the "Agenda for Prosperity" that aims to achieve his medium-term macroeconomic and fiscal objectives. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos...
A P10-billion budget has been proposed to fund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) Barangay Development Program under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP). The Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in its briefing at the House of Representatives...
The Marcos administration would spend at least a fifth of its first full-year budget for infrastructure projects, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Monday, Aug. 22. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said a total of P1.196- rillion have been allocated for the...
