BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last July 29, I was honored and privileged to submit the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP), or the proposed national budget of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM), to Congress. It amounts to ₱6.352 trillion,...
The Department of Budget and Management has approved the release of an additional P5 billion to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). These approved funds will be used to cover the 703,888 4Ps household beneficiaries, which were sourced from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Continuing...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (Facebook) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is pushing for the realignment of funds from government programs that are considered “Duterte legacies” to education and social service programs. During the...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto (House of Representatives’ Facebook page) Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto assured members of a House of Representatives panel that the Marcos administration is managing the country’s debt according to the “highest standards...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez set the tone for the start of the deliberations of the P6.352-trillion 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP) Monday, Aug. 5 by saying that the country's economic...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez during his visit at the at Camp Teodulfo Bautista in Jolo, Sulu (Speaker’s Office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has committed to allocate funds for the construction of soldiers’ barracks and the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) It's that time of the year again in the House of Representatives as the Committee on Appropriations starts the deliberations on the P6.352-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2025 on...
Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco (PPAB) Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco is urging his colleagues in Congress to fully support the approval of the proposed P253.3-billion allocation for the government’s social assistance and cash...
Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, August 1 dismissed speculations she would be replacing outgoing Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual who will step down from his post effective Friday. Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB Photo) Following Pascual’s resignation, Poe’s name cropped up as his possible...
Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. (Facebook) Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. says the government is set to spend more on the upgrade of airports in the Visayas and Mindanao under the 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP). ...
President Marcos has received the copy of the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. receives the copy of the proposed National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2025 from Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on July 31, 2024 at the...
A flag-raising activity is conducted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) onboard BRP Teresa Magbanua in the vicinity of Escoda (Sabina Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea on June 12, 2024 to commemorate the 126th Philippine Independence Day. (Photo by PCG) ...
