The government may not have enough funds to cover the back wages of thousands of government nurses for now, Malacañang admitted Tuesday following a reversal of a budget circular that affected the health workers' pay status. President Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) According to...
The national government plans to trim the budget deficit in the third- and fourth-quarters of the year after ramping up spending in the second-quarter, data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed. Under the 2021 fiscal program released by the DBM on Tuesday, June 8, the...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Tuesday called on the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to use the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF) to pay for the salary differentials of nurses in public hospitals in the country. Drilon noted these nurses were affected by the DBM...
President Duterte has signed an executive order that delegates the basic services and facilities from the national government to the local government units (LGUs) starting 2022, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Saturday, June 5. But DILG Secretary Eduardo Año...
A total of 915 provincial road projects worth P39.192 billion have been completed under the Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP) since 2016, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday, June 3 Spanning 2,866.91 kilometers, DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said...
The national government is pursuing the full devolution of the provision of basic services and facilities to local government units before the end of 2024. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte has signed Executive Order No. 138 directing that certain functions of...
President Duterte has pulled through again for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as far as Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III is concerned. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III shares a bit of good news during the virtual press briefing on May 26, 2021. (Screengrab...
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) can now heave a sigh of relief as far as its dwindling funds are concerned. OWWA Chief Hans Leo Cacdac and DOLE Director Rolly Francia tackle OFW-related issues during a virtual press briefing Monday, May 17, 2021. (Screengrab from Facebook live)...
The Duterte administration will revisit its medium-term macroeconomic targets and fiscal program next week following a worse-than-expected economic performance in the first-quarter. In a media advisory released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), it said the inter-agency Development...
The government is planning to tap savings of agencies to augment programs related to addressing the coronavirus outbreak, including relief aid to the affected poor families. A resident of Makati City receives a first shot of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health worker at the Makati Medical...
The Duterte administration will revisit its medium-term macroeconomic targets and fiscal program next week following a worse-than-expected economic performance in the first-quarter. In a media advisory released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), it said the inter-agency Development...
The Duterte administration has released more than half-a-trillion pesos to fund various government initiatives aimed at supporting the country’s coronavirus response, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. In a statement on Tuesday, (May 11), the budget department announced...
