A former House Appropriations Committee chairman says the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has a lot of explaining to do when it comes to the glut of Unprogrammed Appropriations (UAs) amounting to P588.1 billion under the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023. Davao City 3rd...
The House of Representatives has received commitment from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) that it would release some P1.26-billion in funds to the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) for the settlement of its obligations to fuel providers and avert a crippling power crisis in some...
A Visayas lawmaker has raised concerns on the relatively low budgets allocated to Regions 6, 7, and 8, despite it having the same percentage of voting population as Mindanao, as well as being the places where President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has “won handily". Aklan 2nd District Rep....
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Friday, August 26 challenged Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman and Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) Executive Director Dennis Santiago to fix the agency and try to prevent it from being abolished. Pimentel...
A Makabayan solon wants to know the nitty-gritty of the proposed P10-billion budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) Barangay Development Program under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed national budget. Representatives of the...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is wondering why the budget for the construction of classrooms and housing is relatively low compared to the rest of the items under the P1.196-trillion infrastructure budget. (Photo from Gabriela Partylist Arlene Brosas's Facebook) “Nasa...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman humbly told House of Representatives members that she would appreciate it if the controversial Procurement Service of the agency, or the PS-DBM, wasn't abolished and instead given another "chance". DBM Secretary Amenah...
The House Committee on Appropriations has officially commenced the detailed, per agency deliberations of the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) The Committee on Appropriations presides over the first budget hearing on Friday, Aug. 28 at the House of Representatives Session Hall (MANILA...
The Bureau of the Treasury clarified that the principal debt payment earmarked by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) next year is not part of President Marcos’ proposed national budget. National Treasurer Rosalia V. De Leon said on Tuesday, Aug. 23, that budget for principal payment,...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez wants to restore the budget cuts made to the University of the Philippines (UP) System and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Under the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program...
"Build, Better, More"--or BBM for short--is officially a program of the Marcos administration, and the executive branch is asking P1.196 trillion from Congress in order to fund it next year. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Budget...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says the lower chamber aims to pass the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 on third and final reading by the end of next month. From left to right: DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman. Speaker Martin Romualdez. Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe, and...
