The House Committee on Appropriations' decision to hold a briefing with the country’s top economic managers Tuesday, Feb. 28 was in line with the Chief Executive's order to improve the lives of Filipinos. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr....
A group of education workers on Thursday, Feb. 23, expressed disappointment over the “obvious aversion” of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to the calls for a salary increase for teachers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “Instead of recognizing the economic hardships of public...
Lawmakers grilled a Department of Budget and Management (DBM) official on Wednesday, Feb. 22, about how much the government would need to spend to create the proposed Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR). Malasakit at Bayanihan Party-list Rep. Anthony Golez Jr. (Photo from House of...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) assured its support for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) digitalization initiative in its system of governance. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman made the statement at the recent conduct of consultation on BARMM...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it will continue the timely release of budgets for the year to fund “crucial” government programs and projects. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said on Monday, Feb. 20, that the DBM’s released allotments stood at 56.4 percent of the...
Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has thrown her support behind the Procurement Service – Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM), saying that centralized government procurement is still more advantageous to the government and the Filipino people. Speaking at the Partners in Service...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved P3.41 billion funding to cover the cost of tertiary education for all Filipino students enrolled in technical vocational institutions. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DBM approved a P3.41 billion Special Allotment Release...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said that given the increase the increase in national tax allotment (NTA) shares, local government units (LGUs) will see a stronger exercise of autonomy once the full devolution is implemented. In a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 15, Budget Secretary...
The Department of Budget Management (DBM) said the national government will help capacitate local government units (LGUs) in the process of devolution of government services until full implementation. In a statement on Monday, Feb. 13, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandama said the DBM will conduct...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has slammed the country’s transportation officials for "giving up" easily on the Libreng Sakay or free ride program, which will no longer resume this year contrary to earlier plans. (LTFRB) “I hope our transport executives were just joking when...
The Marcos administration should not expect the Senate to put all its time and energy for the immediate passage of the proposed Maharlike Investment Fund (MIF) which has been rife with a lot of ambiguities and questions regarding its real purpose and intent. For now, Sen. Francis “Chiz”...
Senator Francis N. Tolentino has formally sought the abolition of the Procurement Service-Department of Management and Management (PS-DBM) amid a series of controversies hounding the said agency. Under Tolentino’s Senate Bill 1802, “all procurement of goods, including common-use supplies,...
