Despite a slight reduction in the government's infrastructure budget for 2025, the Marcos administration is banking on increased investments in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects to bridge the gap. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman confirmed that the proposed 2025 budget...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last Sept. 27 marked a milestone for our country, as we became the recipient of the first-ever partnership in health in the Asia Pacific Region of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Korea International...
President Marcos' economic team plans to reassess the country's macroeconomic assumptions following a significant slowdown in consumer prices, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said that the economic managers might consider revising the 2024...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero (Escudero's Facebook page) Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero expects the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or national budget to be approved either by the first or second week of...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero says he would rather say nothing on whether or not Vice President Sara Duterte will attend the Senate’s upcoming budget hearings. This, after...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last Sept. 26, 2024, I had the honor of speaking — as the chairperson of the Philippine-Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) — at the OGP Leaders Roundtable at the Ford Foundation as one of the side events during the 79th United...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Left) and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Screenshot from Facebook live) “We agreed to disagree, and all’s well that ends well.” This was Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin’s bookend...
The Senate is ready to receive the copy of the version of the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 which the House of Representatives has approved. Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, made this assurance on Thursday, Sept. 26, after the House...
Although her Calaguas Island trip turned controversial, Vice President Sara Duterte said she was still “happy” with it and highlighted that the island needs more visitors since they rely heavily on tourism. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media during a press conference held in her...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Vice President Sara Duterte (Speaker’s office, Facebook) So upset were some House of Representatives members over Vice President Sara Duterte's total snub of the plenary budget debates that they sought to give...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) After giving the Office of the Vice President (OVP) three chances to appear before the plenary, the House of Representatives tackled the OVP’s proposed budget for 2025 on the final day of budget...
Camiguin lone district Rep. Jurdin Jesus “JJ” Romualdo (Romualdo’s Facebook page) Camiguin lone district Rep. Jurdin Jesus “JJ” Romualdo recommended a meager budget of P1,000 for the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) over concerns...
