The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) expressed on Monday, Nov. 22 , its appreciation to the local officials supportive of the government’s call to have the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) budget...
The Senate Finance sub-committee on Monday, Nov. 22 approved on the Senate floor a P120-billion budget for the Department of Transportation (DOTr), or a reduction of P280-billion from the requested P400-billion budget for the DOTr and its attached agencies for 2022. The approval followed questions...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday apologized to critics of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after he made remarks calling them “bwisit” saying he was just venting his frustration during an interview on Sunday morning. “Kahapon na-bwisit...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday defended the Senate Committee on Finance’s decision to slash the budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in 2022 as he took exception to Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s tirades against those who...
The Senate Committee on Finance is pushing for an increase in the funding of the Department of Education (DepEd) and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in the proposed P5-trillion national budget for 2022. Sen. Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance panel, said the budget increase for DepEd...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has tested positive again for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a day after he physically attended the Senate plenary debates on the DND’s proposed budget for 2022. Senators who were informed of Lorenzana testing positive for the...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, Nov. 17 supported a proposal to increase the 2022 budget of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in order to improve the justice system in the country. Pimentel, a former Senate President, also lauded the decision to fast track the modernization of...
A strong political will is needed for the national government to sell the large Muntinglupa national penitentiary and establish three regional detention centers, Senate President Vicente C. Sotto on Wednesday, Nov. 17 said. Sotto, thus, threw his support to Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, Nov. 16 pushed for regular COVID-19 tests for teachers after witnessing the start of the pilot implementation of limited in-person classes in select schools on Monday, Nov. 15. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture,...
The ratio between the country’s economic output and the budget deficit incurred by the national government widened in the first nine-months of the year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Data from the DOF showed Monday, Nov. 15, that the Duterte administration’s fiscal gap inched up to 8.3...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Monday, Nov. 15 expressed concern over the reduction made by Malacañang and the House of Representatives in the proposed 2022 budget of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its attached agencies. In his interpellation during the hybrid...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman on Sunday, Nov. 14, maintained that the presidential aspirant and leader of the opposition is against terrorism and insurgency in the country but stressed that the government’s current anti-insurgency task force is “problematic.” Vice President Leni...
