Despite the 38 percent reduction in its proposed budget for 2025, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) vowed to continue fulfilling its mandate to protect the rights of all Filipinos "just as how it has always been done." In a statement, the CHR said that under the 2025 National...
Maintaining that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) has already submitted all necessary documents relating to its proposed P2.037-billion budget for 2025, Vice President Sara Duterte deferred the plenary deliberation on Monday, Sept. 23, leaving the fate of her agency’s budget request...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has allocated a total of P8.8 billion for the Grants-In-Aid (GIA) Program, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the GIA Program supports the continuation of various science,...
The House plenary. (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives is bent on approving the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) on third and final reading on Wednesday, Sept. 25 after two weeks of...
Acting Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez assured the public that the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) will spend their approved budget properly to efficiently communicate the government’s services and initiatives to the public. Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez Chavez said this...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is batting for a higher 2025 budget for the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure the construction of more super health centers as well as...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has questioned the Office of the Ombudsman’s sough P115 million confidential funds for 2025, which is a massive increased from this year’s...
Reforms in the government’s budget process could significantly improve the country’s chances of achieving the coveted “A” rating status, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman explained that the Public Financial Management (PFM) Reforms...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. I am thrilled to share that yesterday, Sept. 17, 2024, the Public Financial Management (PFM) Committee, composed of the Department of Budget and Management, Department of Finance, Commission on Audit, and the Bureau of Treasury,...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has terminated the 2025 budget debates for the Department of Finance (DOF), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and the...
(Left) Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Facebook) Leaders of the Committee on Appropriations have called on their colleagues in the House of Representatives to prioritize the immediate passage of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez gave a stern message to critics of the House of Representatives on Monday, Sept. 16, the first day of the marathon plenary debates on the proposed...
