BEYOND BUDGET (Part 2) Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last week, I discussed the basis and dimensions of the optimized 2024 National Expenditure Program (NEP), which we submitted to Congress for deliberations and approval. As I have said, our national budget will lay the...
BEYOND BUDGET (Part 1) Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last Aug. 2, on behalf of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., I had the honor and privilege of submitting the FY 2024 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to Congress for review, consideration, and approval. We made the...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has supported the proposed amendments of some provisions of the 2003 Government Procurement Reform Act (GPRA), including the digitalization of the government procurement process, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman...
To standardize and ease the process of government procurement, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has asked the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to come up with e-Marketplace platforms similar to Lazada and Shopee. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) should give the Department of Education (DepEd) funds for the printing and issuance of certificates for students who have finished technical-vocational courses in senior high school so they can actually find work after graduation. Senator Alan...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Have you ever looked up at the stars at night and wondered what it would be like out there in space? I have. When I was a child, I would hear stories of terrestrial beings and unidentified flying objects. Such was the romanticized notion...
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Screenshot from YouTube) The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has told the various agencies in government that have low obligation rates in connection with the P5.268-trillion national budget this year to submit their...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Today, Aug. 9, 2023, we join our indigenous brothers and sisters in marking two significant occasions: the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the National Indigenous Peoples Day. With the theme, “Indigenous youth...
Vice President Sara Duterte proposed a P2.37-billion budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in 2024, including a P500-million confidential and intelligence fund (CIF), the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) proposed 2024 National Expenditure Program (NEP) showed. ...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (left), and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Facebook, PPAB) Administration critic, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said Friday, Aug. 4 that the huge confidential and intelligence funds in the 2024 National Expenditure...
Confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) under the proposed P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 increased by P120 million, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Thursday, Aug. 3. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (RTVM screenshot) Budget Secretary Amenah...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) won't have any immediate impact on the 2024 national budget, but that may not be the case in subsequent years particularly in the funding of major infrastructure projects. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman...