2023 budget to address immediate concerns—DBM By Chino S. Leyco The spending priorities of the Marcos administration’s first national budget for the new year, amounting to P5.268 trillion, is the starting point of the eight-point socioeconomic agenda in the near term. This aims to address the...
The chief economic manager of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. lauded Congress for the early passage of the 2023 national budget as it plays a critical role in fueling optimism over next year’s growth prospects. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the swift enactment of the 2023 General...
In a government agency or a local government unit (LGU), there are workers who are under a contract of service (COS) or a job order (JO) scheme. Though they are not classified as “regular” workers, their services are vital and needed to ensure that the government’s programs, projects, and...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it will use the technology to transform the government’s procurement policies and processes to boost public trust on their government. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the procurement policies and processes of the government need to...
The Public Financial Management Committee (PFMC) has made significant strides toward achieving the Marcos administration’s socioeconomic goals of bureaucratic efficiency and sound fiscal management. During the recent PFMC meeting, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman reiterated their continued...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, December 21 said he respects the President’s prerogative to veto some provisions of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) 2023. "And we trust in his wisdom," Villanueva said. "The work of the legislature now is to continue its oversight powers...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has vetoed three provisions of the 2023 national budget, which, he said, are unrelated and could amend substantive laws. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has signs into law the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 on Dec. 16, 2022. (Ali Vicoy)...
Suffice it to say that P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon flatly rejects the supposed pronouncements from the Department of Trade Industry (DTI) that P500 is adequate budget for a Filipino noche buena. The at-times feisty Guanzon took to Twitter on Tuesday, Dec. 20 to give a particular...
The 12 remaining priority measures of the Marcos administration, as listed in the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA) of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), will be passed next year. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said President Marcos has approved the release of a one-time Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) to qualified government workers ahead of the holiday celebrations. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said on Monday, Dec. 19, that the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, December 19 assured that the National Academy of Sports (NAS) will receive adequate funding support under the recently approved P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023. Gatchalian said the funds appropriated for NAS will make sure its operations are not...
House members are still on a high following the early enactment of the 2023 national budget, which some have called "record-breaking". First-time lawmakers are no exception. Bulacan 6th district Rep. Salvador Pleyto (Facebook) One of them, Bulacan 6th district Rep. Salvador Pleyto, couldn't help...
